“Snapoo”
Description
Three German (air) officers ask the landlady if she has a daughter who will sleep with them. The mother says her daughter is much too fine; the girl protests she is not.
Notes
For the relationship of this item to "Mademoiselle from Armentieres," see the notes to that song. - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" (tune) and references there
- cf. "Mademoiselle from Armentieres" (approximate tune; theme)
- cf. "Brave Marin (Brave Sailor)" (approximate tune)
- cf. "Little Red Train"
- cf. "Johnny the Sailor (Green Beds)" [Laws K36] (plot)
References
- Cray, pp. 379-384, "Snapoo" (3 texts, 1 tune)
- Randolph-Legman I, pp. 308-311, "Snapoo" (2 texts, 2 tunes)
- Colcord, pp. 110-111, "Mademoiselle from Armetieres" (1 text plus an excerpt, 1 tune)
- Gilbert, pp. 73-74, "Snap Poo" (1 text)
- Roud #4703
- BI, EM379