Black Hills of Dakota
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This morning I woke up early and when I did I had 'The Black Hills of Dakota' from Calamity Jane in my head. My class had sung the song as part of a variety show in primary school 24 years ago, when I was about 8, and while I remember it well I do not think about it often and nothing that I can think of, either waking or dreaming, had prompted me to have it in my head when I woke up.
Not thinking much of this I got up, went to the bathroom, walked back into my room and turned the radio on, to RTE 1, Ireland's state broadcaster's main station. When the radio came on it was silent, in that little fraction of a second gap in between songs, and when the next song began it was Doris Day singing 'The Black Hills of Dakota'.
Date submitted:Fri, 10 Mar 2017 14:51:15 +0000Coincidence ID:9046
