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To: pissant

"The [City] of New Orleans is a nice song."

Heard it once sung in German - "Der Zug Genannt 'Der City of New Orleans'" - by a guy named Jack White.

It loses everything in the translation.


168 posted on 05/23/2006 6:21:37 PM PDT by decal (My name is "decal" and I approve this tagline)
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To: decal

Egads.


176 posted on 05/23/2006 6:29:28 PM PDT by pissant
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To: decal
Heard it once sung in German - "Der Zug Genannt 'Der City of New Orleans'" - by a guy named Jack White.

It loses everything in the translation.

It works both ways; Bobby Darin's "Mack the Knife" is a pale copy of the original German "Mackie Messer".

186 posted on 05/23/2006 6:37:34 PM PDT by stands2reason
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