Re: WWII songs - Lili Marlene

From: Tim Merry (timmerry@SHOAL.NET.AU)
Date: Sun Apr 11 1999 - 12:40:57 PDT


Sinclair, Sieg und heil!

Thank you, Kamerad, for making it 2:1 in favour of WWII.

I don't know what Zapfenstreif is either, but since bliesen looks
like the past tense of blasen (to blow, as in bugle); and since
Zapfenstreich (streich/streif?) means a retreat (among other things),
this could mean 'they've sounded Retreat', which may be a way of
saying - if you're still outside the barracks you're AWL (or AWOL)!

Someone must know the words to the whole song, and someone must be
able to translate into English - or even english.

Tim


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