Punch, Brothers, Punch | VERSE Conductor, when you receive a fare

by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910), as Mark Twain

Punch, Brothers, Punch

Language: English

VERSE         Conductor, when you receive a fare,
                    Punch in the presence of the passenjare!
                    A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare,
                    A buff trip slip for a six-cent fare,
                    A pink trip slip for a three-cent fare,
                    Punch in the presence of the passenjare!
CHORUS      Punch, brothers! punch with care!
                    Punch in the presence of the passenjare!

Authorship:

by Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835 - 1910), as Mark Twain, appears in Punch, Brothers, Punch [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Punch, Brothers, Punch", 2008 [low voice or medium voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-05
Line count: 8
Word count: 58