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The whole first verse, or just the first line? If he sang the rest of the verse, maybe he should stay away from Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland, Italy etc. for a while...

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Mon Nov 30th, 2009 at 04:17:50 PM EST
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DER SPIEGEL writes:

"With a quiet voice, he sang 'Deutschland, Deutschland Über Alles' ('Germany, Germany Above All') four times,"

The idea that Doherty would ever make it to the Maas is quite ludicrous.

by nanne (zwaerdenmaecker@gmail.com) on Mon Nov 30th, 2009 at 04:40:50 PM EST
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LOL, I'd say.

Geography in the Deutschlandlied

Geography according to the first stanza, with modern borders (dark green) and territories where German is an official language today (light green)

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Dec 1st, 2009 at 08:22:05 AM EST
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It seems pretty mild compared with "Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set". But I guess the latter doesn't offend any specific country.

by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Tue Dec 1st, 2009 at 09:32:03 AM EST
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