Dear Sun Spots: You furnish wanted information so frequently. Can you do it once more?

On the Hurricane Katrina relief program (for Red Cross, Salvation Army and United Way donations) Aaron Neville performed a most moving rendition of a song, but do not know the title. t appeared from the lyrics that he may have written it in response to this terrible disaster and focused on the drowning of New Orleans. Whatever, it summed up an incident that was probably waiting to happen and it did so superbly. He wasn’t laying blame; it was wholly empathetic.

Can you please publish the lyrics? The song should be written/heard by every government official and every individual in this land. t will haunt me forever. Thank you, Aaron – and Sun Spots. – Pat Northrop, Oquossoc.

Answer: Thank you, Pat, for this moment, allowing us all to remember the pain and loss being experienced by those who were hit by Hurricane Katrina.

According to NBC’s Web site, New Orleans’ son Aaron Neville performed Randy Newman’s soulful “Louisiana 1927.” Here are the lyrics Sun Spots located online.

What has happened down here is the winds have changed

Clouds roll in from the north and it started to rain

Rained real hard and rained for a real long time

Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

The river rose all day

The river rose all night

Some people got lost in the flood

Some people got away alright

The river have busted through clear down to Plaquemines

Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline

CHORUS:

Louisiana, Louisiana

They’re tryin’ to wash us away

They’re tryin’ to wash us away

Louisiana, Louisiana

They’re tryin’ to wash us away

They’re tryin’ to wash us away

President Coolidge came down in a railroad train

With a little fat man with a note-pad in his hand

The President say, “Little fat man, isn’t it a shame

What the river has done

To this poor cracker’s land.”

CHORUS



Dear Sun Spots: Lewiston High School’s Class of 1980 is having its 25th reunion on Nov. 26 at the Hilton Garden nn. The committee has old information and is looking for classmates’ e-mail or home addresses. f you know of anyone who was part of the class, please forward any information to the following e-mail address, [email protected]. Or, you could sign up for a free account at classmates.com, where there will be more information about the reunion. – Steve Costello, No Town.

Dear Sun Spots: am a member of The Red Hatters “Crimson Cats” chapter of Lewiston-Auburn. We are interested in the upcoming Red Hatters luncheon/fashion show. Please forward information via e-mail to: [email protected]. Thank you. – Patt Bergeron, No Town.

Dear Sun Spots: We read the Sun Spots column daily and enjoy it.

would like to answer the question about who sold the talian sandwiches on Minot Avenue, near Jimmy’s Diner in Auburn:

lived there at the time and was very young.

Sam Bennett and his wife introduced the sandwich to our area. Somehow got 25 cents and was one of their first customers. They are no longer with us but will always be remembered. By 1940, the sandwich was popular but only found in Amato’s, 30 miles away. was a teenager. My date had a car but no money, so we asked our friends for pennies for a gallon of gas that would take us to Amato’s on ndia Street in Portland. We remember the pleasure of eating on the Promenade overlooking the beautiful Portland Harbor. – Theresa Paul, Lisbon.

* To those responding to Wednesday’s column and the Washburn-Norlands Living History Center call for Apple Pie Baking contestants: Please note the center is located in Livermore. An incorrect location was reported in Wednesday’s column.



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