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No. 9087, "Lasca," by Edgar L. Davenport,
is a pathetic poem by F. Desprez.
It tells of the affection of Lasca for her lover of the plains.
She was ever at his side and ever seeking to protect him.
She would hunger that he might eat;
she would take the bitter and leave him the sweet.
One day the herd stampeded on the Rio Grande with Lasca and her
lover right in the path of the maddened cattle.
They mounted a mustang and endeavored to escape.
The herd gained on them and the only chance left was to shoot the
mustang and crouch under his body.
A shot, and this was done.
As the pair fell, Lasca protected the body of her lover so that
she bore all the blows of the surging cattle.
When the steers had passed, Lasca was dead but her lover lived.
Those who have heard Mr. Davenport's recitation of "Jim Bludso,"
listed last month, will realize how effectively he has
made this Record of "Lasca."
Chopin's Funeral March is introduced at the close of the selection.
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— August 1905 Edison Phonograph Monthly [announcing the September records]
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