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Ethel Merman

Mom claimed that I could carry a tune at 2 or 3 years of age. Maybe she was a little prejudiced.

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The author is saying that her mother believed she could sing well when she was very young, around two or three years old. However, she suggests that her mother might have been biased or overly positive because she was her mom.

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