As Long as I Live

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Sheet music for the song "As Long as I Live" from the production of the 24th Edition of the Cotton Club Parade. The cover is orange with a large graphic of a woman's head. Her features are simplified with only her eyes, lips, and PL ear are seen. Her face is white, lips red, and hair black. The woman is found in the upper right quadrant. In her mouth is a cigarette, pointed toward the center of the cover. Below her is the illustrator's signature "Leff." Along the top is a band of white that contains the song title in black text "AS LONG AS I LIVE." In the upper left quadrant is additional black and white text, to the left of the woman "THE COTTON CLUB/ PRESENTS/ DAN HEALY'S/ 24TH/ edition.

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