As she sits on the bed recovering from surgery, the little girl begins to sing a lullaby asking God to protect her baby brother.

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With palm trees framing the stage and singer Lee Greenwood on hand to sing "God Bless the U.S.A., " supporters cheered Mr. Ryan's arrival in Florida.

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Outside the building we're staying in, the non-stop, looped recordings of "God is great" continue to sing plaintively across the city from half a dozen mosques.

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And I did it just because I loved to sing, and I loved gospel music, and I loved God with all my heart, even at a young age.

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And when I finished, he says to me, he says, 'My God, I ain't never heard a woman sing the blues like you sing the blues before in my life.

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