The members of the choir were practicing the well known anthem “As the
Hart Pants After the Water Brooks.”
The rendering of the opening stages was apparently not quite to the
satisfaction of the gentleman who wielded the baton.
He considered it necessary, therefore, to tender some advice to the
soprano section, and caused great consternation and not a little
embarrassment among his flock by the following announcement:
“Ladies, your expression is simply splendid, but the time is very
poor—really, your pants are far too long.”
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