article_snippet.sent: Singer-songwriter Don McLean offered the wistful anthem that asks 'Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died?' at Christie's on Tuesday.
article_snippet.sent: The 16 pages include the original working manuscript and typed drafts of the song, including tantalizing new details about the wistful anthem that asks 'Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died.
article_snippet.sent: McLean, 69, a longtime Maine resident, says writing The eight-minute-long song was 'a mystical trip into his past.'
article_snippet.sent: Legendary singer: The original manuscript also reveals a deleted verse, which was crossed out and never recorded, where McLean, now 69, writes about music being 'reborn'.
article_snippet.sent: The original manuscript also reveals a deleted verse, which was crossed out and never recorded, about music being 'reborn'.
article_snippet.sent: The original manuscript includes the lines 'I dropped to my knees
highlights_snippet.sent: The manuscript includes a deleted verse about music being 'reborn'.