Let Me Hear You Play That Harmonica<\/b><\/p>\n
A young American engineer was sent to Ireland by his company to work in a new electronics plant. It was a two-year assignment that he had accepted because it would enable him to earn enough to marry his long-time girlfriend. She had a job near her home in Tennessee, and their plan was to pool their resources and put a down payment on a house when he returned.<\/p>\n
They corresponded often, but as the lonely weeks went by, she began expressing doubts that he was being true to her, exposed as he was to comely Irish lasses.<\/p>\n
The young engineer wrote back, declaring with some passion that he was paying absolutely no attention to the local girls. \u201cI admit,\u201d he wrote, \u201cthat sometimes I\u2019m tempted. But I fight it. I\u2019m keeping myself for you.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the next mail, the engineer received a package. It contained a note from his girl and a harmonica. \u201cI\u2019m sending this to you,\u201d she wrote, \u201cso you can learn to play it and have something to take your mind off those girls.\u201d The engineer replied, \u201cThanks for the harmonica. I\u2019m practicing on it every night and thinking of you.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the end of his two-year stint, the engineer was transferred back to company headquarters. He took the first plane to Tennessee to be reunited with his girl. Her whole family was with her, but as he rushed forward to embrace her, she held up a restraining hand and said sternly, \u201cJust hold on there a minute, Billy Bob. Before any serious kissin\u2019 and huggin\u2019 gets started here, let me hear you play that harmonica!\u201d <\/p>\n
Bits & Pieces, October 15, 1992, pp. 17-18<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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