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    An instrument, named after a muse, meets a sad fate in which Bruce Springsteen song?

    Question #106733. Asked by Datsmeharse. (Jun 30 09 6:46 PM)


    daBomb619

    		"Blinded by the Light", the instrument being the calliope (named after Calliope, the muse of eloquence).

    "With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing, the calliope crashed to the ground"

    http://www.lyrics007.com/Bruce%20Springsteen%20Lyrics/BLINDED%20BY%20THE%20LIGHT%20Lyrics.html

    Jun 30 09, 6:56 PM
    gonnzo

    		From "Blinded By The Light"...

    "With a boulder on my shoulder feelin kinda older I tripped the merry-go-round
    With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing the calliope crashed to the ground."

    http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/b/bruce_springsteen/blinded_by_the_light.html

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliope_(music)

    Jun 30 09, 6:59 PM

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