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What Would Missus Herring Say?

from Albert Herring
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ERIC CROZIER BENJAMIN BRITIEN
German translation by
Fritz Schroder
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wenn man schlie{S-lich kon-sta-tiert, da{S wir Al-bert Rum ser-viert?
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wie tut mir das

©Copyright 1948, 1950, 1993 by Hawkes & Son (London) Ltd.

Copyright renewed. Printed in U.S.A.
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wie tut mir, wie tut mir das leid!