Theodore Case Sound Test: Gus Visser and His Singing Duck
Gus Visser
A little song entitled—
Duck
Ma.
)Gus
♪ Little Lilly was oh! so silly and shy,
And all the fellows knew
She wouldn't bill and coo;
Ev'ry single night some fellow would try
To cuddle up to her, but she would cry: ♪
Gus
♪ "Oh! Ma! he's making eyes at me!" ♪
Both
♪ "Ma!—" ♪
Gus
♪ "—He's awful nice to me!" ♪
Duck
♪ "Ma!—" ♪
Gus
♪ "—He's almost breaking my heart,
I'm beside him,
Mercy! Let his conscience guide him!" ♪
Duck
♪ "Ma!—" ♪
Gus
♪ "—He wants to marry me,
And be my honey bee.
Ev'ry minute he gets bolder,
Now he's leaning on my shoulder," ♪
Duck
♪ "Ma!—" ♪
Gus
♪ "—He's kissing me!" ♪
Gus
♪ "Oh!—" ♪
Both
♪ "—Ma!—" ♪
Gus
♪ "—He's making eyes at me!" ♪
Duck
♪ "Ma!—" ♪
Gus
♪ "—He's awful nice to me!
Oh! Ma! He's almost breaking my heart,
I'm beside him,
Mercy! Let his conscience guide him!" ♪
Both
♪ "Ma!—" ♪
Gus
♪ "—He wants to marry me,
And be my honey bee.
He is too fat, he shook like jelly;
When he laughs he shakes his shoulder!" ♪
Duck
♪ "Ma!—" ♪
Gus
♪ "—He's kissing me!" ♪
Duck
Ma!
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1925, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.
Copyright law abroad tends to consider the following people authors of a film:
- The principal director
- The screenwriter, and/or other writers of dialogue
- The composer/lyricist (if the film is accompanied by sound)
- The cinematographer
- By extension, the authors of any works that may serve as the basis for a film's plot
The longest-living of these authors died in 1972, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 51 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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