Zolgotz (Michael Gray)
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- Editor: Michael Gray (submitted 2012-11-13). Score information: Letter (landscape), 11 pages, 246 kB Copyright: CC BY NC ND
- Edition notes: Scored for Boys' voices: Treble (unchanged), Cambiata (changing), Baritone, & Bass (the last two are mostly in unison).
General Information
Title: Zolgotz
Composer: Michael Gray
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: TTBB
Genre: Secular, Unknown
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
First published:
Description: Original folkpoem was a song on the assassination of Wm. McKinley in 1901.
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Original text and translations
English text
Zolgotz! Mean man!
He shot McKinley with a handkerchief over his hand
In Buffalo.
Zolgotz, he done him wrong!
He shot McKinley while a he was walkin' along
In Buffalo.
The pistol fired then McKinley fall!
The doctor says "McKinley, can't find the lead ball!"
You’re gonna die
In Buffalo
Hear the train comin’ down the track.
Took him to Buffalo but couldn’t bring him back.
Forty-four boxes trimm’d in braid,
Sixteen wheel driver, boys, couldn’t make the grade!
Forty-four boxes trimm'd in lace,
Take him back to the baggage, boys, where we can't see his face!