Daddy Long-legs (Louis Casper Jacoby)
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- Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2023-11-02). Score information: Letter, 12 pages, 591 kB Copyright: Personal
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General Information
Title: Daddy Long-legs
Composer: Louis Casper Jacoby
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Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong, Nursery-rhyme, Humorous Song
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1882 Oliver Ditson Co.
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Original text and translations
English text
Old Daddy Longlegs would not say his prayers,
Take him by the left leg,
Take him by the right leg,
Take him up by both legs,
And throw him down stairs.