In this lovely performance of Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer‘s Moon River, seven years pass by in six and a half minutes.
British classical pianist Paul Barton and daughter Emilie Barton play the classic song on a piano and on a melodica, a breath-powered portable keyboard. He introduces the song to her as a baby and, over the years, she learns how to play and sing it as a solo pianist.
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via Laughing Squid.
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