• TaviRider@reddthat.com
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    2 months ago

    It reminds me of O Du Lieber Augustin. And it took me a really long time to figure out that title… I thought it was some well-known nursery rhyme melody, but it’s a 224 year old Viennese tune.

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      2 months ago

      Apparently it was adapted to “Did you ever see a lassie?” which has much brighter and simpler lyrics than the original, which is very dark.

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      2 months ago

      tangentially related: the football chant Who ate all the Pies? and the Mary Poppin’s song Step in Time! both share the same origin of an old Cockney song Knees Up Mother Brown