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Thread #160119   Message #3796457
Posted By: Lighter
18-Jun-16 - 04:10 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Der Treue Husar and the Unfortunate Rake
Subject: RE: Origins: Der Treue Husar and the Unfortunate Rake
Most interesting, though the 1825 date means that the English song may well have come first. You'll have noted that other than the funeral the subject matter is rather different.

And isn't this the song sung in the final scene of Kubrick's "Paths of Glory"?