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    Papyrus

    Songwriters living in ancient Egypt would never have expected the words and melodies they sung would feature on Australian music charts 1,800 years later.

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    Jacinta is pictured behind an organ and wearing a rose on her black jacket
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    Topic:Music

    A well dressed man stands in front of the Sydney Town Hall pipe organ.
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    A man stands under bamboo holding two Japanese bamboo flutes.
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    The larg pipes of Brisbane City Hall's pipe organ
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