It all started with trying to find a way to top the most memorable Valentine’s Day with my wife. She always talks about the first one after we were married in which I hired a barbershop quartet to serenade her at the front door of our apartment. She claims they sang a song that was a key fixture in our wedding itself, a Victorian song that is also popular with barbershop quartets around Valentine’s Day. I consider it a lucky break.

I managed to (not so subtly) pry the name of the song from her a few weeks ago and found (what I hope) is an mp3 recording of a barbershop quartet performing it. Of course, I can’t verify this because I can’t let her listen to it without tipping my hand. However, even if it’s not the right one, it’s at least a romantic song sung by a barbershop quartet with the same name.

So, what to do with it, then? I finally came up with the idea to write an Android app using the song and a few other elements to create a customized Valentine’s Day greeting card app.

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