Other Engagements

Taipei. A young Taiwanese man has written 
seven hundred love letters to his girlfriend 
over the past two years — trying to get her to marry him. 
His persistence finally brought him results. 
A newspaper reported yesterday the girl has 
become engaged to the postman who 
delivered all of those letters.

Translation(s): FRE

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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 Elizabeth Walton Vercoe (b. 1941), "Other Engagements", 2008 [ mezzo-soprano and guitar ], from Five True Remarkable Occurrences, no. 5, confirmed with composer's website [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "D'autres fiançailles", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2018-11-19 00:00:00.

Last modified: 2018-11-19 17:32:56

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D'autres fiançailles

Taipei. Un jeune Taïwanais a écrit
sept cents lettres d'amour à sa petite amie
ces deux dernières années -- en  essayant de la convaincre de l'épouser.
Son insistance finalement lui a apporté des résultats.
Un journal rapportait hier que la fille s'est
fiancée avec le facteur qui
lui avait apporté toutes ces lettres.

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• a text in English by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Elizabeth Walton Vercoe. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2019-07-04 00:00:00.

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