The first two lines of Hardy's ditty are from a Schiller poem
and therein is the joke.
Many Czernowitzers knew the poems of Schiller by heart,
I too, did know at least some of them, even though never having
learned German in school.
Mimi
On Jan 6, 2017, at 3:00 PM, hardy wrote:
> http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/whasup/
> 9748234/7187975/7187975_original.jpg
>
> Wohin stroemt das Volk,
> Wohin fliesst die Masse ?
> Zur Promenade auf der Herrengasse !
>
> Hardy
>
> {Moderator's Note - approx translation:
> "Where are the people running,
> Where does the mass flow?
> To Promenade on the Herrengasse!"
> Moderator Bruce]
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