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He had-- his name was--
his given name was Freddie.

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It was Freddie,
because he was born

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in the hills of West Virginia.

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And when his mother-- when
the doctor from the big city

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finally came, and said,
what's the name of the baby?

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She said, Fred, and the
doctor wrote, Freddie.

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A little black baby couldn't
be Frederick, you know.

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And this is a long
time ago, right?

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So, he had, at
one point, decided

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he was going to change
his name to Frederick.

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So, we did all the
necessary stuff.

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The man was Frederick.

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And then, after he was ill--

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and he was ill at
home for nine months.

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We nursed him at home.

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He one day said to
me, I think I want

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to return to my rightful name.

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So, anyway, this is
a poem about that.

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It's called "i'm going
back to my true identity."

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I was ready to return
to my rightful name.

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I saw it hovering near
in blazoned script.

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And passing through
fire, I claimed it.

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Here is a box of stars
for my living wife.

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Tell her to scatter them,
pronouncing no name.

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Tell her there is no deathless
name a body can pronounce.

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