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This photo was taken in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania of the bronze statue by Mabel Landrum Torrey located in the center of the town square. The statue is titled "Winken Blinken and Nod", based on the well-known poem by Eugene Field published in 1889. We may recognize this poem under an earlier title "Dutch Lullaby" or from recordings by Donovan (1971 and 2002) and the Doobie Brothers in 1981.
The lyric quotation is from the Grateful Dead song "Terrapin Station" first performed in 1977. This song is one of the most discussed of the author's works partially because was intentionally incomplete, and more alluring, in all of the familiar versions performed by Gerry Garcia.
Both the photo and the lyric selections are displayed here simply as current personal favorites.
