Snapp was elected to the Forty-second Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Burton C. Cook.
The work was commissioned by Ithaca College and was premiered in January 1969 in Washington, DC at the Music Educators National Conference by Dr. Kenneth Snapp and the Ithaca College Concert Band.
Snipp, Snapp, Snorum, Hej and Basalorum - five villages in Skellefteå Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden, named after the same childish rhyme as this card game