Gerry - thanks for thoroughly debunking that! As I say, I can't remember where the hell I read it. As for Pennsylvania (mentioned in Gerry's wiki link), yes, I do also remember that as being mentioned as a centre of German-speakers. Though, oddly, I believe the American reference to them was "Pennsylvania Dutch" (and I know that at least one of those references is from Kipling's Captains Courageous). Please try to focus on THE SONG. I don't want to close this, and I don't want to move it to BS. If you want to, and can, start a thread in the BS section to talk about ethnicity, language, or whatever subject you wish to discuss, please do so. ~Mod
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