tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post5562799938380923049..comments2023-10-30T09:26:32.732+00:00Comments on Now's the time: pool threads Die LoreleiAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06972049290586377462noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-59907210884553971952012-09-10T07:17:26.011+01:002012-09-10T07:17:26.011+01:00Embedded in my very being. This without reference ...Embedded in my very being. This without reference to Google: <br /><br /><i>Die schõnste Jungfrau sitzet,<br />Dort oben wunderbar,<br />Ihr goldenes Geschmeiden blitzet,<br />Sie kammt sein goldenes Haar.<br />Si kammt es mit goldenem Kamme<br />Und singt ein Lied dabei<br />Dass hat eine wundersame<br />Gewaltige Melodie.<br /><br />Der Fischer im kleine Schiffe<br />Erzeugt sich mit wildem (?) Weh<br />Er sieht nicht den Felsenriffe,<br />Er sieht nur hinauf in die Hoh.<br />Ich glaube die Wellen verschlingen<br />Am Ende Fischer und Kahn<br />Und hat ich mit diese Singe,<br />Die Lorelei getan.</i><br /><br />One of the few things taught at Bradford Grammar School that stuck. It became embedded in 1954 as a result of my having a beer at an inn on the Rhine within spitting distance of the Lorelei Rock. Elsewhere in the inn a wedding reception was proceeding; someone noticing me and my friend invited us to join the festivities. As a result I have always had a warm sentimental spot inside for Germans, even though I subsequently became Francophile.Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13609842.post-58617016806266790232012-09-09T19:48:11.786+01:002012-09-09T19:48:11.786+01:00Ich weiss nicht...
any more words to Die Lorelei
...Ich weiss nicht...<br /><br />any more words to Die Lorelei<br /><br />(Ich habe nicht any umlauts or that double 's' thing on my keyboard!)Lucyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09764296105901909328noreply@blogger.com