And she brought the house down by singing and playing her guitar to Colors.

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The birds taken include Mexican house finches, green singing finches, java sparrows, Bengalese finches, diamond doves, painted finches and waxbills.

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The television stayed on day and night, singing like a Siren in the crowded house.

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From the kitchen, at the back of the house, came the sound of singing, of children laughing.

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So is there harm in singing "Winter Wonderland" or making my house beautiful?

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There was a happy and relaxed atmosphere in the household on that sunny Sunday in the house and Aamir's father was singing when his mother noticed someone at the door.

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Mr. HAMILTON: (Singing) Why must they try to tear down the house we're in, babe?

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Watson, whose mother sang around the house and whose father was a banjo player and vocalist who led the singing at their Baptist church, was a fingerstyle player who used a thumbpick for bass and a fingerpick for the treble strings -- a "two-finger" style that was self-taught.

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The video clip, made available by a Republican-led House oversight committee, shows GSA workers promoting the "go green" campaign, singing along to a gospel-style tune.

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Fifteen years ago, he was also singing with a local opera company when he got a call to substitute for a singer at the Sydney Opera House.

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