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THIS IS AMERICA - Glen Echo Park

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A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, the son falls, hurts himself and screams, AAAhhhh!!!To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain, AAAhhhh!!! Curious, he yells, Who are you? He receives the ans

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