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Thread #153689 Message #3600669
Posted By: G-Force
12-Feb-14 - 06:41 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Silly 'Dutch' song Ja Ja Ja?
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Silly 'Dutch' song Ja Ja Ja?
Sorry, 'GUEST' above at 5.55 am was me. Don't know why my cookie should expire as I was only posting yesterday.
Anyway, with regard to:
Doesn't really have anything to do with anything 'Dutch', does it?
In those days the term 'Dutchman' was used to refer to northern Europeans generally, hence the obviously German caricaturisation in the song.