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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sing
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bird sings (=makes musical sounds)
▪ I woke up to hear the birds singing outside.
play/sing in a band (=be a musician or singer in a band)
▪ Budd played in a rock band.
sang unaccompanied
▪ Lizzie sang unaccompanied.
sing a melody
▪ She sang the melodies as though she loved them.
sing a song
▪ He started singing a little song.
sing hymns
▪ He liked to sing hymns as he worked.
sing/rock/lull sb to sleep (=make someone sleep by singing etc)
▪ She was usually able to rock the baby back to sleep quite quickly.
sings soprano
▪ She sings soprano.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
about
▪ But I know more about singing than your father will ever know.
▪ She has suffered, but now she has much to sing about.
▪ The Arts: Suitable subjects to sing about?
▪ C.; they were sung about in Sumerian lullabies.
▪ And that's something that no-one in London really wants to sing about.
▪ They also sang about their own lives and in their own accents so it became really unique.
▪ The girl asks me what the woman is singing about.
▪ It is time to give the angels something to sing about.
along
▪ You can also sing along to the songs if you wish.
▪ She played piano, and sang, and we all tried to sing along.
▪ He even began to sing along quietly when Gary played.
▪ A possible suitor wearing a Walkman sang along intermittently much louder than he realized.
▪ The audience waved, swayed and sang along enthusiastically, as they had for the procession of artists who had preceded him.
▪ The congregation was singing along vigorously and clapping.
▪ One fan sang along and plucked at an imaginary guitar, but he turned out to be the roadie.
▪ I like songs that you can sing along to, and you can remember.
still
▪ On the other side of the castle they were still singing.
▪ Peasant women still sing in this way.
▪ As we walked back down the track, the nightingale was still singing.
▪ The birds were still singing as she made her way slowly to the cars.
▪ There are lots of stories about him and people still sing songs about him - folk songs and such.
▪ Again she tilted her head at the audience, still singing.
▪ Children still sing skipping songs about soggy semolina though I can't remember semolina being served for over twenty years.
▪ He was still singing when the switchboard rang and Schramm was connected with Schaefer.
■ NOUN
anthem
▪ Jeffrey Osborne will come back to sing the national anthem.
▪ Even I wouldn't realise until they opened their mouths - which was only to sing the malai national anthem.
▪ Some memorable moments also have come during the singing of the national anthem.
▪ Deputies sang the national anthem when the votes reached the total of 336 required for impeachment.
▪ A woman called to say she wanted the fans to sing the national anthem.
bird
▪ The sun shone, the birds sang, and in every corner of the garden there was something interesting to look at.
▪ Out of sight somewhere a bird was singing, and the song seemed wrong and incurious to him.
▪ Millions of small birds now sing in the hedges and spinneys.
▪ She reached the house, where a bird in a cage sang to her to turn back.
▪ The birds were still singing as she made her way slowly to the cars.
▪ Sun shining, birds singing, me propped up on the pillows idly chatting.
▪ His own wish was to be buried in the old-fashioned way, with birds singing and roses blooming over him.
choir
▪ The Berlin Radio Choir sings beautifully.
▪ Or the Morgan State University Choir singing spirituals?
▪ For it was not the Police Choir that sang but seven-year-old Maria O'Neil.
▪ At that time we choir boys sang the whole of Evensong every night of the week.
▪ And the tower is the centre of attention every May morning when the choir sings out across the rooftops.
▪ I was a member of the thousand-voice choir that sang at the opening of the Gladstone Dock in April, 1913.
▪ You can have three choirs singing their heads off in the separate sections without any of them disturbing the other.
▪ Many of them welcome parish or other choirs to sing their services.
dance
▪ He says they get to sing and dance, it's fun.
▪ I have also seen them sing and dance.
▪ We like to sing and dance, we like to combine both of them.
▪ This rat wanted to eat ropes the way Gene Kelly wanted to sing and dance.
▪ They will drink, shout, sing and dance.
▪ Will mankind, even under advanced capitalism, let alone any future more liberated society, ever cease to sing and dance?
▪ Publicity officer Elizabeth Cooper said the character does not have to sing or dance.
heart
▪ I pitched into the chores with a light heart, singing to myself as I worked.
▪ Show me any variation you like, her heart was singing.
▪ He understood now all those clichés about hearts singing, feeling ten feet high, walking on air, cloud nine.
▪ What is that stirs in your heart as you sing of the Angels from the realms of Glory?
hymn
▪ The friar could have sworn that Sir John was singing a hymn or a song under his breath.
▪ J., singing hymns and gospels with her family.
▪ Christians who want to sing their hymns but can't be bothered to get involved in their local church.
▪ The video also shows McCovery, eyes tightly closed, singing hymns in church or dripping wet after her baptism last August.
▪ Mum is singing along with the last hymn.
▪ Then, as the condemned man sang hymns with a chaplain, he bowed his head and wept.
▪ There, in predictable manner, we sing our hymns and say our prayers.
▪ At the foot of the Piccadilly Line escalator at Leicester Square a drunk man squatted, singing hymns.
music
▪ We, unfortunately, worked very little together, and when we did I mainly sang his music or his arrangements.
▪ Everyone on the packed stage is singing the most complex music at speeds that are almost unreasonable.
▪ He had to dance, and sing, and play music.
▪ I learned to read for drums first and then to sight sing choral music and then I learned to read music in general.
praises
▪ He contemplated with relish large retinues of clients singing the praises of their patrons.
▪ You should be a fly on the wall and hear him sing your praises.
▪ Anglers sing the praises of Loch Assynt with similar fervour to that expressed by Norman MacCaig.
▪ I can sing my own praises until the first scandal.
▪ And it was women who sang its praises.
▪ Money out of my pocket was money in the pocket of the man who has sung my praises.
▪ After Shine On had won at York, the papers had sung her praises.
▪ Whereupon Mrs Dole sang the praises of private charity.
song
▪ If I heard a new song I had to sing it.
▪ Since then, the official anthem has had a solid place at the Super Bowl, although sometimes both songs are sung.
▪ Once more politics was tempted by the song the sirens sang.
▪ A bonfire burns, songs are sung, and breakfast is served.
▪ There would be frequent visits, more songs to be sung, perhaps a few arguments on the way, but nothing vital.
▪ I like songs that you can sing along to, and you can remember.
▪ A song thrush sang its repetitive phrases from the top of an oak tree.
▪ No man has lived the songs he sang like George Jones.
top
▪ I used to dance round them and sing at the top of my voice.
tune
▪ It is sung to the tune of Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
▪ Now he is singing a different tune.
▪ They were singers and they couldn't sing a note in tune.
▪ Harriet found Paul teasing Ben: asking him to sing a tune, then taunting him.
▪ Today, he sings his classic tunes and hands out spiritual books at the end.
▪ You're singing a different tune now from the one you sang after you'd left her behind and got yourself arrested.
▪ Throughout a mediocre regular season, the Suns have continually sung the same tune.
voice
▪ She was a confident rocker with a bluesy voice and loved to sing, loved the sensation of being possessed.
▪ This is the principal reason that the great voices of opera seldom sing popular songs.
▪ The voice sings along with the song, then turns into a hum.
▪ Her lovely face in the candlelight, the soft pitch of her voice as she sang him to sleep.
▪ There is a voice singing the blues.
▪ Charity woke to a warbling voice singing happily.
▪ I am leaving out Lee had a beautiful voice and sang beautifully at age six in Covington, Louisiana.
■ VERB
begin
▪ Bird's profits began to sing.
▪ The trio began to sing, but the din in the room made it impossible to hear.
▪ I was beginning to feel sleepy and I began to sing, softly, to myself.
▪ At last Armand filled his little body to bursting and opened wide his mouth and began to sing.
▪ As soon as he was out of sight he began to sing, very loudly.
▪ We... began to sing.
▪ He even began to sing along quietly when Gary played.
▪ When everything was ready, the two parties faced each other across the field and began to sing.
hear
▪ Every morning she could hear them singing their mantras with the children.
▪ You should be a fly on the wall and hear him sing your praises.
▪ My first acquaintance with her was when I heard her sing.
▪ In the slums you can now hear the children singing.
▪ He hears me singing, and so learns where I am imprisoned ....
▪ As I was standing before the sink,, I heard Edusha singing a recently popular song.
▪ Then she heard him singing in the bathroom, sounding unbelievably cheerful.
▪ But this morning I hear McMurphy out there in the latrine as I come out of the covers. Hear him singing!
play
▪ We played and sang together, and read aloud a little of the Faerie Queene.
▪ She played piano, and sang, and we all tried to sing along.
▪ If only he could have been with Dinah at this hour, playing while she sang!
▪ There was no limit to his power when he played and sang.
▪ She played and sang so plaintively that I almost wept, the song was so sad.
▪ How different they were without her, how they laughed and played and urinated and sang.
▪ With Donald Crubach's help, he played the harp and sang, and started again to compose songs and poems.
▪ Students could learn how to play folk guitar or sing and perform in opera.
start
▪ Natalie: I started singing when I was four-doing Elvis impersonations.
▪ He started to sing: Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me; starlight and dewdrops are waiting for thee.
▪ There was something rather eerie about people turning up unexpectedly around the door and starting to sing.
▪ Q: At what age did you start singing?
▪ Male speaker I can't wait to start singing again.
▪ Even Jess, always so quiet, so focused, so self-contained, starts singing.
▪ Grimly he started to sing an old war-song, to lift the weight that lay on them all.
▪ As I got older, we started singing as a trio with my daddy.
stop
▪ And all the birds that saw it stopped singing upon the instant.
▪ When the canaries stopped singing, the miners knew it was time to get out of there.
▪ Despite these optimistic thoughts, and his excitement, Ybreska stopped singing abruptly as he began to walk along the track.
▪ We stopped singing and took a step apart.
▪ Suddenly he stopped singing and went nearer to the window.
▪ A few minutes later I started to leave, and he stopped me to sing me a song.
▪ The rains stopped, the birds sang, and we were spared.
▪ For a moment the birds in the trees outside stopped singing.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be singing from the same hymn book/sheet
burst out laughing/crying/singing etc
▪ At that point I burst out laughing.
▪ Charles didn't respond and after a frozen pause, she collapsed into a chair and burst out crying.
▪ He did it so cleverly that you would think it was the real thing - until he burst out laughing.
▪ I came down the steps of the Ashbery that morning and burst out laughing at the heat.
▪ I said and burst out crying.
▪ Julie, surprised, burst out laughing.
▪ The whole group bursts out laughing.
▪ The woman and children burst out laughing again, getting up from the table and crowding round me.
cry/sing etc your heart out
▪ After this last furlough we paid a last sad visit to the school and found a small girl crying her heart out.
▪ Anyway, then she just sprawled on the floor and cried her heart out.
▪ For the first time since I cried my heart out in Puerto Rico - I was crying.
▪ March 7: I cried my heart out last night after seeing the movie High Tide.
▪ She cried her heart out, all because of an unruly trouble-making, black-hearted child who was ripping her apart.
▪ We would march along in step, doing eighty-eight paces to the minute, singing our hearts out.
dance/sing/cook etc up a storm
▪ She danced up a storm at an Alexandria, Va., club where the Desperadoes played right after the election.
▪ They are blowing trumpets singing up a storm and waving as they walk past us.
it's not over until the fat lady sings
sing/shout at the top of your voice
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Sing along if you know the words.
▪ All the family sang 'Happy Birthday' as Dad came in.
▪ Anyone who could play an instrument or sing in tune was enlisted to take part in the concert.
▪ Beth ran toward the stream that sang on the other side of the woods.
▪ Come on, David, sing us a song!
▪ Daryl sang in his high school choir.
▪ I could hear someone singing downstairs.
▪ Pretty soon, Vinnie was singing like a canary.
▪ She sat in a corner, singing softly to her baby.
▪ Sophie sings in the church choir.
▪ They sat together and sang songs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A tall boy in a shrunk-up ivory sweater strolled by, hands in his pockets, singing.
▪ But the organ music was lovely, although some of the vocalists sang rather modern stuff, a bit like rock and roll.
▪ He and Stefan had worked out a performance programme so that Ingrid wouldn't have to sing two big roles on consecutive nights.
▪ Now volleys of bird song are erupting from all around, with perhaps ten or more birds singing at once.
▪ Once again, Ashputtel sang her song for the birds; once again they came to her rescue.
▪ She played and sang so plaintively that I almost wept, the song was so sad.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sing

Sing \Sing\ (s[i^]ng), v. i. [imp. Sungor Sang; p. p. Sung; p. pr. & vb. n. Singing.] [AS. singan; akin to D. zingen, OS. & OHG. singan, G. singen, Icel. syngja, Sw. sjunga, Dan. synge, Goth. siggwan, and perhaps to E. say, v.t., or cf. Gr. ??? voice. Cf. Singe, Song.]

  1. To utter sounds with musical inflections or melodious modulations of voice, as fancy may dictate, or according to the notes of a song or tune, or of a given part (as alto, tenor, etc.) in a chorus or concerted piece.

    The noise of them that sing do I hear.
    --Ex. xxxii. 18.

  2. To utter sweet melodious sounds, as birds do.

    On every bough the briddes heard I sing.
    --Chaucer.

    Singing birds, in silver cages hung.
    --Dryden.

  3. To make a small, shrill sound; as, the air sings in passing through a crevice.

    O'er his head the flying spear Sang innocent, and spent its force in air.
    --Pope.

  4. To tell or relate something in numbers or verse; to celebrate something in poetry.
    --Milton.

    Bid her . . . sing Of human hope by cross event destroyed.
    --Prior.

  5. To cry out; to complain. [Obs.]

    They should sing if thet they were bent.
    --Chaucer.

Sing

Sing \Sing\ (s[i^]ng), v. t.

  1. To utter with musical inflections or modulations of voice.

    And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb.
    --Rev. xv. 3.

    And in the darkness sing your carol of high praise.
    --Keble.

  2. To celebrate in song; to give praises to in verse; to relate or rehearse in numbers, verse, or poetry.
    --Milton.

    Arms and the man I sing.
    --Dryden.

    The last, the happiest British king, Whom thou shalt paint or I shall sing.
    --Addison.

  3. To influence by singing; to lull by singing; as, to sing a child to sleep.

  4. To accompany, or attend on, with singing.

    I heard them singing home the bride.
    --Longfellow.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sing

Old English singan "to chant, sing, celebrate, or tell in song," also used of birds (class III strong verb; past tense sang, past participle sungen), from Proto-Germanic *sengwan (cognates: Old Saxon singan, Old Frisian sionga, Middle Dutch singhen, Dutch zingen, Old High German singan, German singen, Gothic siggwan, Old Norse syngva, Swedish sjunga), from PIE root *sengwh- "to sing, make an incantation." The criminal slang sense of "to confess to authorities" is attested from 1610s.\n

\nNo related forms in other languages, unless perhaps it is connected to Greek omphe "voice" (especially of a god), "oracle;" and Welsh dehongli "explain, interpret." The typical Indo-European root is represented by Latin canere (see chant (v.)). Other words meaning "sing" derive from roots meaning "cry, shout," but Irish gaibim is literally "take, seize," with sense evolution via "take up" a song or melody.

sing

"act of singing," especially collective, 1850, from sing (v.).

Wiktionary
sing

n. A gathering for the purpose of singing songs. vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To produce musical or harmonious sounds with one’s voice. 2 (context transitive English) To express audibly by means of a harmonious vocalization.

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WordNet
sing

  1. v. deliver by singing; "Sing Christmas carols"

  2. produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well"

  3. to make melodious sounds; "The nightingale was singing"

  4. make a whining, ringing, or whistling sound; "the kettle was singing"; "the bullet sang past his ear" [syn: whistle]

  5. divulge confidential information or secrets; "Be careful--his secretary talks" [syn: spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag, talk, tattle, blab, peach, babble, babble out, blab out] [ant: keep quiet]

  6. [also: sung, singing, sang]

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Wikipedia
Sing

Sing may refer to:

  • Singing, the act of producing musical sounds with the voice
  • Sing!, a 2001 documentary film
  • SING!, an annual student performance in New York City high schools
Sing (Travis song)

"Sing" is the lead single from indie rock band Travis' third studio album, The Invisible Band. It was released in the United Kingdom on 28 May 2001, following an extensive five-week promotional campaign. The song reached a peak position of number three on the UK Singles Chart. "Sing" was a worldwide success, reaching top ten in several countries in Europe and Latin America. The song can be heard in The Office on various occasions. The song is noted for its prominent use of the banjo (played by Andy Dunlop), a country music instrument then considered rare for mainstream pop.

Sing (Annie Lennox song)

"Sing" is a song by Annie Lennox, released as the second single from her fourth solo studio album, Songs of Mass Destruction (2007). The single was originally released as a digital download only single in late 2007. A limited 3 track edition (including Lennox's previous hit " Why") was made available exclusively from The Body Shop from 10 March 2008. It is a charity record aimed to raise money and awareness for the HIV/ AIDS organization Treatment Action Campaign.

Sing (Neil Zaza album)

Sing was the third album released by American guitarist Neil Zaza.

Sing (Theo Tams song)

"Sing" is the debut single by Theo Tams, the winner of season 6 of Canadian Idol.

Sing (If You Want It)

Sing (If You Want It) is the sixth album by British neo-soul singer Omar, released in April 2006 on Omar's own Ether label. Sing (If You Want It) was produced by Omar and his brother, Scratch Professer, and features guest appearances from long-time Omar fans Stevie Wonder and Angie Stone, as well as rapper Common and British artists Estelle and Rodney P.

Sing (Joe Raposo song)

"Sing" is a 1971 song written by Joe Raposo for the children's television show Sesame Street. In 1973, the song gained popularity when performed by the Carpenters, who made it a #3 hit on the Billboard Hot 100.

Raposo was one of the staff songwriters on Sesame Street, and the song became one of the most popular on the program, sung in English, Spanish, and sign language. In its initial appearance, the song was sung by adult human cast members of the show (the most frequent lead singer was Bob McGrath) and Muppets, including Big Bird.

Barbra Streisand's 1972 version of "Sing" was released as a single, reaching number 28 on the Easy Listening chart and number 98 on the Billboard Hot 100. Many other versions of the song have since been recorded by a variety of artists.

Sing (The Dresden Dolls song)

"Sing" is the first single by The Dresden Dolls duo, taken from the second studio album Yes, Virginia.... It was never released in shops, only as a promo for radio stations. The music video, directed by Michael Pope, prominently featured living statues and centered on the plotline of a video of the Dresden Dolls playing the song being sent to various people in different locations and occupations. It also featured the band performing on a stage.

There are two versions of the song, the version on the final album with the opening lyric "There is this thing that's like touching except you don't touch", and the original version available on promo copies of the album which is identical, save an alternate opening lyric, "There is this thing that's like fucking except you don't fuck."

"Sing" also hit many top 50 modern rock charts in April, 2006.

The song was covered by The Red Paintings on their Feed the Wolf EP (2007).

Sing (Wynonna Judd song)

"Sing" is a song written by Rodney Crowell and recorded by American country artist, Wynonna Judd. The song was the second single released from her 2009 studio album, Sing: Chapter 1. After failing to chart on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, the song was given several electronic dance remixes, and sent to dance radio where it peaked at number 4 on the Hot Dance Club Songs chart in August 2009.

Sing (1989 film)

Sing is a 1989 film, starring Lorraine Bracco, Peter Dobson and Jessica Steen. The movie is about a fictional New York City SING! production. Supporting cast includes Louise Lasser, George DiCenzo, Patti LaBelle, Yank Azman, Ingrid Veninger and Cuba Gooding, Jr.

The film was written by Dean Pitchford (who also co-wrote the songs) and produced by Craig Zadan; both previously collaborated on Footloose.

Despite numerous petition drives, the film has never been released on DVD.

Sing (Jim Bianco album)

Sing is the second official studio album released by recording artist Jim Bianco and the first album to be released on the Hotel Cafe Records label. Bianco has said that most of the songs on this album were composed on the piano at the Hotel Cafe after regular club hours.
In 2008, "I Got A Thing For You (Remix)" was featured in the national television ad campaign for "Chickdowntown.com" and "To Hell With the Devil" was featured during an episode of " Moonlight" on CBS. Also in 2008, Bianco performed "I Got A Thing For You" on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, which aired in October. In 2010, four songs from this album were featured in the film Ca$h. In 2012, "I Got A Thing For You" was featured in an episode of NBC's series The Firm.

Sing (My Chemical Romance song)

"Sing" is My Chemical Romance's fourth track and second single from their fourth and final studio album, Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys. The official single artwork was posted on the band's website on October 2010. "Sing" marks the first time a song of the band has reached adult contemporary stations; it began airplay through Chicago radio station WCFS-FM by March 2011.

The song was the second-best selling rock song of 2011 in the UK, ahead of Paramore's " Monster" and behind Foo Fighters' " Rope".

Sing (Gary Barlow song)

"Sing" is a song written by Take That singer-songwriter Gary Barlow and composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, and performed by a number of artists assembled by Barlow from across The Commonwealth, to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. The track was released via digital download and CD single on 28 May 2012, and was performed as part of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Concert celebrations on 4 June 2012.

Sing (Gary Barlow album)

Sing is the third solo album released by British singer-songwriter Gary Barlow. The album was released through Decca Records on 25 May 2012 and features The Commonwealth Band which was created by Barlow to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II.

Sing (Ed Sheeran song)

"Sing" is a song by English singer-songwriter, Ed Sheeran. It was written by Sheeran and Pharrell Williams, who also produced it and provided uncredited background vocals. The song was released on 7 April 2014, serving as the lead single from Sheeran's second studio album, × (2014). The song became Sheeran's first UK number-one single and also topped the charts in Australia, New Zealand and Ireland. It also peaked at No. 13 on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Sing (2016 film)

Sing is an upcoming American 3D computer-animated musical comedy film directed and written by Garth Jennings, and produced by Illumination Entertainment. The film stars the voices of Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, John C. Reilly, Tori Kelly, Taron Egerton, and Nick Kroll. It has been selected to be screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival. Universal Pictures has scheduled it for release on December 21, 2016.

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Usage examples of "sing".

Far aboon, ommost lost to mi view, Aw lang for a pair ov his wings, To fly wi him, an sing like him, too.

The metal hoops of the accelerating cage sang lightly as the weight came on.

And in that acoustically superb vaulted church -- cornerstone laid on March 28, 1343 -- a fat boy, supported by the main organ and the echo organ, sings a slender Credo.

Apparently the Afghanis were chattering and even singing round their fires until late in the night.

Their songs continued sometimes for hours--and they were songs in the truest sense, songs that were sung again and again by Their ageless creators, unchanging over centuries.

Even in the city, they sang in the ailanthus trees, haunting and familiar.

Fortunately, elves fill their rooms with furniture and vases and flowers and birdcages, so we were well-concealed, although I had to peer through the leaves of a palm and Alake was eye-to-eye with a singing phurah bird.

Since it was important to have Ringo sing at least one song on each album, John dusted it off and Paul and Ringo wrote a new middle eight for it.

Low in 1977 and an entire album sung in Welsh, The Welsh World of Mary Hopkin, in 1979.

He plays as well as he sings, thought Alec, wondering what other talents would reveal themselves as he got to know Seregil better.

Seregil sang it a second time, translating so that Alec could understand.

The wind sang deliciously through their feathers as Seregil and Alec spiraled down to meet the riders.

He said that he had traveled all over the world when he was young and that he had studied opera in Milan and in Buenos Aires and as they rolled through the countryside he sang arias and gestured with great vigor.

From inside the cottage, Amelle heard her mother singing an old minstrel tune, and once again, she found herself wondering what kind of life her mother had lived before she had been born.

Her daring lover had returned to her, banishing the nervous amnesiac of a few moments ago, and she wanted to sing from both relief and fresh desire.