“Dunderbeck”

Description

The German Dunderbeck invents a steam-powered machine to turn any sort of meat into sausages. Thus vanish all the rats and cats of the town. When Dunderbeck's machine breaks down, he tries to fix it; his wife accidentally starts it with him inside.

Cross references

• cf. "The Son of a Gambolier" (tune & meter) and references there
• cf. "O Where O Where Has My Little Dog Gone" (theme)

References

1. Randolph 488, "Donderbeck's Machine" (2 texts)
2. Spaeth-ReadWeep, p. 80, "Dunderbeck" (1 text, tune referenced)
3. Silber-FSWB, p. 239, "Dunderbeck" (1 text)
4. Pankake-PHCFSB, p. 139-140, "The Sausage Meat Machine" (1 text, 1 tune)
5. Fuld-WFM, pp. 515-516, "Son of a Gun -- (Son of a Gambolier; Dunderbeck; and Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech)"
6. DT, DUNDER*
7. Roud #4461
8. BI, R488