Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was strolling
In a Salzburg cemeteryA forest of delicate wrought iron memorials
He was whistling the overture to the Marriage of Figaro
The cemetery caretaker heard him
And copied Mozart in exact detail
That’s how music was passed along in those days
Later in life, after Mozart’s passing
The caretaker made a modest living
Whistling Mozart tunes in Salzburg pubs
He retired though when humming replaced whistling
Mozart would not be known to us today
If not for the whistlers and hummers of Salzburg
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