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To the Editor:
In response to the oil disaster:
Mother, may I go and swim?Yes, my darling daughter.Hang your clothes on yonder limb,But don’t go near the water.
— Old English bathing song, by Lester Keith, 1800s.
Fred Thornbrugh
Vineyard Haven
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