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railroad in his life, and the Rhenish poet finally abandoned his claim. The only present ac-cepted by Pistorius was one sent from Chicago " Fiir Kutschke."
The other Kutschke Lieder, eight in number, such as " Ne ganze Erbswursch wett' ich drauf," were written by Gustav Schenk, editor of the " Berliner Fremdenblatt." Pistorius died in 1877.
The whole song, however, is inspired by the old song of the War of the Liberation that begins:
" Immer langsam voran, immer langsam voran,
Dass die ostreich'sche Landwehr nachkommen kann !
" WIT Oestreicher sein goar prave Leit',
Wir marschiren des Tags m holbe Meile weit.
" Das Marschiren nimmt halt goar kan End'. Weil l^ener ^er Uffziere die Landkoarten kennt;''
in which occur the lines :
" Bie Leipzig woar anne grusze Schlacht,
Do hoan barr zahn Tute zu Gesangenen gemacht
" W o a s schleicht ock durt im P u s c h e r u m ? Doas is gewiets N a p o l i u m
" Reiszt aus, reiszt aus, reiszt olle, olle aus ! Durt stht a feindliches Schilderhaus !"
Whereupon let us ask, "Is there anything new in the world ?"
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