by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Dere two fella Joe
Language: English
Dere two fella Joe! And wan se nam Pete. Stick-a-yo' finga in Joe's mout' A-ha! She bite! Das Pete!
Note in score: "The words [in English dialect] related to the composer by a White Mountain guide--spoken by a French-Canadian father, very much excited and mystified by the arrival of twins in his family. Composed at Camp Wyanoke, Wolfsboro, N.H., July 1924."
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "Dere two fella Joe", 1924. [high voice and piano] [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Mike Pearson
This text was added to the website: 2015-04-28
Line count: 4
Word count: 19