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Thread #99346   Message #1994143
Posted By: Wolfgang
12-Mar-07 - 07:13 AM
Thread Name: German Folk- and Blues-Singers
Subject: RE: German Folk- and Blues-Singers
There are more parallels:

I hold your hand in mine       Ich hab' Deine Hand

Tom Lehrer is quoted saying "I must say thanks to Mister Georg Kreisler for making my songs known in Germany".

But it has to be said that the Taubenvergiften song is a complete rewrite with a different tune. Kreisler uses the idea to write a completely new song.

Wolfgang