AND THE CHILDREN SING "MR. CARL BACH"
Mr. Carl Bach, Bach, Bach
under key and lock, lock, lock
under the sheriff’s eye, eye, eye
cause he slew Mrs. Bach, Bach, Bach
Just wanted to whip, whip, whip
his wife to agree, agree, agree
when not, he did the devil’s deed, deed, deed.
The law he didn’t heed, heed, heed.
Old Charley Dutchman, Dutchman, Dutchman
who bought wet land, wet land, wet land.
How people mocked, mocked, mocked
and so his troubles began, began, began,
till one night he flipped, flipped, flipped,
hacked Mary’s head to jelly, jelly, jelly,
cut her up like a weed, weed, weed
and killed the baby in her belly, belly, belly.
Oh, the crowd’s so dense, dense, dense!
Get a place at the fence, fence, fence
to see Carl up close, hang, hang, hang!
Come and pay your five cents, cents, cents!
*Inspired by the children’s clapping song “Miss Mary Mack”. This is meant as an audience participatory clapping song.
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Suzanne confesses: "I was struggling with rhyme and getting children’s perspectives on the murder. A friend suggested I look at clapping songs. It was such an odd juxtaposition, but one that let me envision how this news permeated the whole town, even filtered to young ears."
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