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...perhaps the best known arrangement is the Dunces' mild satire on the Harvard Glee Club's stock in trade, trade, "Marching to Pretoria." The Dunces' "Petoria is shouted out with trilled R's in the best operatic tradition, and an abhorrence of vowel sounds. For authenticity, it goes the Glee Club one better with a verse in the original Afrikanese text...

Author: By Milton S. Gwirtzman, | Title: Dunster Dunces---Charms to Soothe the Savage | 5/9/1952 | See Source »

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