THE BASSO’S BEER
SONG OF PROTEST AGAINST OVER-CHARGE. Warsaw, January 22. Mossakowski, a popular basso at «■> the Warsaw Opera House, was charged lljd for a glass of beer, and, considering that the charge was excessive, demanded his money back. The barkeeper refused, whereupon Mossakowski picked up d menu and sang through the entire contents to the tunes of well-known operatic arias. When he came to the beers, he sang the names and prices to :a tragic air entitled, “Tell me whether I am guilty.” Amid cheers from a fashionable crowd, the barkeeper admitted the overcharge and Mossakowski left triumphant.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4952, 6 February 1937, Page 4
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