Recorded on 7 April 1889, the year of his death, on an Edison
cylinder, reciting “How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix”. Well,
the first five lines, until:
“I’m terribly sorry, but I can’t remember me own verses.”
Then he praises Edison’s “wonderful invention”. Possibly it
was all scripted – which would make this the first advertisement recorded by a poet.
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