“Call John” (William Batchelder Bradbury)

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(Posted 2023-09-27) CPDL #75785:

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-27). Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 428 kB Copyright: Personal

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General Information

Title: “Call John”
Composer: William Batchelder Bradbury
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Humorous song

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1853 Mason Brothers
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Original text and translations

English text

Call John! John! Louder, louder,
John! O John!
        Well, what d’ye want of John?
O John! Can you tell us?
        Tell you what?
Tell us how, how to sing
        Sing what?
this song!
        How to sing this song?
        Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
        Mi, re, do, mi, re, do,
No, no, no, no, no;
        sol, mi, do, re, sol, fa, mi, re, do, mi, re, do,
No, no, no, no, no;
        sol, mi, do, re, mi, re, do.
No, no, no, no, no,
Johnny, can you tell us,
Tell us how to sing this song?
        No, no, no, never will I teach you how to sing, no! no!
        Such a set of blunder heads never’ll learn to sing.
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha John,
John, John, John, we have learned this song.