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Thread #21978   Message #236304
Posted By: Wolfgang
31-May-00 - 08:06 AM
Thread Name: 'Teasing' songs
Subject: RE: 'Teasing' songs
a German example:
Oh haengt ihn auf in which one understanding in the first verse is: 'Hang the laurels high to worship our sovereign' and the other 'hang him high, our sovereign'. Often used in old German political songs to tell the real thoughts without being hanged for them.

Wolfgang