{"id":1520,"date":"2015-01-28T10:43:35","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T10:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.petercookie.com\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2016-03-31T19:28:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T19:28:57","slug":"little-shirt-my-mother-made-for-me-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sssa.llc.ed.ac.uk\/whalsay\/2015\/01\/28\/little-shirt-my-mother-made-for-me-the\/","title":{"rendered":"Little  Shirt my Mother Made For Me, The"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mp3jWrap_0\" class=\"mjp-s-wrapper s-graphic unsel-mjp  sdl_right\" style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span id=\"playpause_wrap_mp3j_0\" class=\"wrap_inline_mp3j\" style=\"font-weight:700;\"><span class=\"gfxbutton_mp3j play-mjp\" id=\"playpause_mp3j_0\" style=\"font-size:18px;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<span class=\"group_wrap\"><span class=\"bars_mp3j\"><span class=\"loadB_mp3j\" id=\"load_mp3j_0\"><\/span><span class=\"posbarB_mp3j\" id=\"posbar_mp3j_0\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"T_mp3j\" 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