Matztown Cornet Band, Di (The Mertztown Cornet Band)

DESCRIPTION: German song which can be about any band. "In (Matztown) meet un Cornet Band." In Matztown meets a Cornet band" which plays in the schoolhouse. The members of the band, and their instruments, are listed, with tales or jokes about their lives
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1937 (Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage music nonballad moniker
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends, pp. 114-117, "Di Matztown Cornet Band (The Mertztown Cornet Band)" (1 German text with non-poetic English translation, 1 tune)
File: KPL114

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