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On Friday and Saturday nights, to pay his tuition and help with the home finances, he played saxophone and clarinet in a swing band, the Blue Lyres, he had started in high school.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

Lutes and Lyres are there, say the Ancients.

From Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado by McAllan, Alexander

Eyes, fill yourselves with light And ye, O Lyres, with rhythm!

From Life Immovable First Part by Phoutrides, Aristides E. (Aristides Evangelus)

Where to the Delphian God vpon their Lyres His Priests seeme rauisht in his height of praise: Whilst he is crowning his harmonious Quiers With circling Garlands of immortall Bayes.

From Minor Poems of Michael Drayton by Brett, Cyril

Lutes and Lyres are there, say the Ancients.

From Ancient Chinese account of the Grand Canyon, or course of the Colorado by McAllan, Alexander