The big bass viol : (bass song) / words and music by T. Bohannon

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Bohannon, M. T. “The big bass viol : (bass song) / words and music by T. Bohannon.” Digital Gallery. BGSU University Libraries, 23 May 2022, digitalgallery.bgsu.edu/items/show/31403. Accessed 16 Jan. 2025.

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TitleThe big bass viol : (bass song) / words and music by T. Bohannon
SubjectHumorous songs
DescriptionFor voice and piano
Caption title
Back cover: Excerpts of Song of the vagabonds, Some day, Love for sale!, Huguette waltz, and Only a rose
CreatorBohannon, M. T
SourceSheet Music Collection; Music Library and Bill Schurk Sound Archives; University Libraries; Bowling Green State University
PublisherNew York : Waterson-Berlin & Snyder
Date1910
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No Copyright - In the United States

FormatSheet music
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IdentifierSMC 00852
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Alternative TitleFirst line of text: There once lived a man in the town of Missoula
First line of chorus: Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum, zum sound forth
Referenceshttp://maurice.bgsu.edu/record=b2301506~S9
VERSE 01: There once lived a man in the town of Missoula,/His name was Augustus Miles,/He was known miles around as a Lalapalousa,/At playing the big bass viol/And ev’ry night when, his work was done,/You’d hear him playing/Zum, zum, zum,/And o’er his face there comes a smile, as he plays this tune on his big bass viol.
CHORUS: Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum, zum sounds forth his big bass viol,/Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum, zum/He plays it all the while,/There’s ne’er a lute nor harp or flute with tones so soft or mild,/As the Zum, zum, zum, zum, zum, zum that he plays on his big bass viol,/That he plays on his big bass viol,/That he plays on his big bass viol, viol,/That he plays on his big bass viol.
VERSE 02: Augustus Miles played himself into trouble,/For a maid with a roguish eye,/Just gave him a smile and his heart like a bubble,/Went bounding to unknown skies/And now he goes to serenade,/Beneath the window of this fair maid,/Says he, “Her heart I must beguile by playing this tune on my big bass viol.
Original Format1 score (5 pages) 31 cm