Pro Phundo Basso (Philip P. Bliss)

Music files

L E G E N D

Disclaimer

How to download

ICON	SOURCE
	Pdf
	Mp3
	File details
	Help

• (Posted 2023-09-25)  CPDL #75726:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-09-25).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 481 kB   Copyright: Personal

Edition notes:

General Information

Title: Pro Phundo Basso
Composer: Philip P. Bliss
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Humorous Song

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1880 John Church & Co.
Description: 

Original text and translations

English text

Pro Phundo Basso is my name,
My voice is very loud and strong;
I sing the scales and psalm tunes too,
And sometimes sing a song.

I sing alone,
— Because there's no one here can sing one half so well as I,
What, you?
Oh, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
Oh, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho!

What a terrible, terrible blow,
Oh, welcome, oh, welcome, are ye,
We'll ever, we'll ever agree.

But pardon my innocent laugh, ha, ha!
Do you know the notes on the staff?
Ha, ha!

Can you tell me where is Do,
And sound the letters, also?
But can you sound firmly the A
No, no, you're wrong, sound A,
No, no, try again, sound A,
Too high, too high, too high, ha, ha!
You're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong;

I tell you, you sounded too high, ha, ha!
Oh, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!
You did, you did, you did, you did, you did, you did.

But Gentlemen, listen to me,
You'll never you'll never agree;
We'll join in a song with you,
For four are better than two.
We'll ever, we'll ever agree.

Oh, welcome, oh, welcome, are ye,
We'll ever, we'll ever agree.
O, yes, the letters we know,
The lines and the spaces also!
A, A, A. A, A, A. A, A, A.

You're wrong, you're wrong, you're wrong.
We didn't, we didn't, we didn't, we didn't!