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The "mouth harp" is slang for harmonica. That's where it originated -- morphing into "harp" or "harpoon". You can hear it used in a song called Me and Bobby McGee, by Kris Kristofferson: "I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana, was playin' low while Bobby sang the blues ..."

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