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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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¶GLEE, n.3 Sc. usage: music, bright melody. Arch. Obs. in Eng. since 16th c.Ags. 1818 J. Nevay Poems 8:
For aft you've heard his cheerin' glee By dawn o' day, high i' the air.
