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“Mother and Child Reunion” is a song by Paul Simon on his album, Paul Simon, his first solo album after Bridge over Troubled Water (1970). It was released as a single on February 5, 1972, reaching #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts, and was one of the earliest songs by a white musician to feature prominent elements of reggae. The song is about the death of his family’s dog, while the title has its origin in a chicken-and-egg dish called “Mother and Child Reunion” that Simon saw on a Chinese restaurant’s menu. James Benninghof writes that Simon predicts the title event, the “mother and child reunion,“ while the second verse describes the effect of what happened on “the strange and mournful day,“ but without making clear what it was. The song was recorded in... Read on...