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One time Robert while walking past another child on a swing in the park, got such a Wallop from the girls shoes, split his chin open.
By now your probably wondering whats that got to do with singing??? Well the story goes Robert was rushed to the Hospital, where they tried to sedate him to stitch up his chin; but as usual, Robert- like me nowadays -who was that stubborn and determined the Hospital staff couldn't even knock him out hahahaha! But apparently the medical staff told my mum they had to stitch him up anyway. They told her that her son was a great wee singer, and he sang the whole time as they stitched up the nasty gash on his jaw! They had never seen this before. AIN'T THAT AMAZIN??? But thats the sort of kid my brother was.
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When out traveling in the car Robert, myself and the rest of the family used to sing everywhere we went ; especially the old favorites, one of them was an oldie by DORIS DAY -'' The Black Hills Of Dakota''
We all sang the melodies whilst Robert would sing the harmonies, (as he was the only one, who could do that).
As a child I was the one who always suffered from sore throats, yet Robert was the one who had to get his tonsils out. The bonus was he got loads of ice cream for the next 3 weeks - I thought he was so lucky! However from that time, he never sang again - but the strangest thing was HE PAST HIS WONDERFUL GIFT TO ME, OF HARMONIES. I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL TO ROBERT FOR THAT.
Maggie Young xxx
