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Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3821 (September 30th, 1914)
Sound and Fury by F. Elias
4258036Punch, Volume 147, Issue 3821 (September 30th, 1914) — Sound and FuryF. Elias

A double Dutch Agency circulates a report of a great patriotic concert recently held in Berlin. The programme, which is printed on a mere scrap of paper, was as follows:—

A
GRAND PRUSSIAN PATRIOTIC CONCERT
In aid of the German Government War Fund
Will be held in the
Dismantled British Embassy.
——
Programme.

I.
Selection:
"Hail, Smiling Marne."
Band of the Imperial Prussian Guard.

II.
Song:
"Father, dear Father, come Home with me now."
Words and music by the German Crown Prince.

III.
Banjo Recital:
"The Sally of our Ally."
Words and music by the Emperor Francis Joseph.

IV.
Chorus:
"Forty Years On."
Setting arranged by Count Von Moltke the Second.

V.
Song:
"Oft in the Stilly Night."
Words and music by Count Zeppelin, composer of "What does little Birdie say?"

VI.
Recital:
"The Blue Carpathian Mountains."
The Viennese Orchestra.

VII.
Humorous Song:
"The Bonny Bonny Banks."
Arranged by the Imperial Minister of Finance.

VIII.
Song:
"And Nobody cares for Me!"
Respectfully dedicated to the German Emperor.

IX.
Grand Patriotic Chorus (in which the audience is requested to join):
"Prussia Expects That Every Man This Day Will Grab His Booty."