Improvisation by the dwsChorale http://ww.dwsolo.com A silly a-cappella number based on an idea from an old epigram "Scylla is toothless". Scylla becomes a vintage headmaster in this version but the results are similar. My old headmaster hasn`t got...  onclick="$(this).getParent().getNext().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">moreone;">Improvisation by the dwsChorale http://ww.dwsolo.com A silly a-cappella number based on an idea from an old epigram "Scylla is toothless". Scylla becomes a vintage headmaster in this version but the results are similar. My old headmaster hasn`t got one tooth But he had teeth enough back in my youth He told me off then every single day But now his tongue has worn his teeth away! Original unattributed epigram: on an old Scold Scylla is toothless, yet, when she was young She had both teeth enough and too much tongue. What shall we, then, of toothless Scylla say But that her tongue has worn her teeth away?  onclick="$(this).getParent().getPrevious().style.display='';$(this).getParent().style.display='none';">less

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new version of Silent Night with new music score and new text, but writeen by Franz Gruber. Original poem has 6 verses.