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."

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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] [
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