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Artist: Stephin Merritt
Canonical path: /stephin-merritt/this-is-hou-fang-yu
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This Is Hou Fang Yu
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This Is Hou Fang Yu
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This is Hou Fang Yu, and I knew his father too.
It's a grand, upstanding name to live up to;
but his poetry is new, which will
bring him wealth and fame...
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