Punch/Volume 147/Issue 3821/Sound and Fury
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."