A children's song

[Kabraloth]

Maikäfer, flieg, May bug, fly.
dein Vater ist im Krieg. Your father's in the war.
Deine Mutter ist in Pommerland, Your mother's in Pomerania,
Pommerland ist abgebrannt. Pomerania has burned down.
Maikäfer, flieg, May bug, fly.

Bet, Kindel, bet, Pray child, pray,
morgen kommt der Schwed'. Tomorrow the Swede will come
Morgen kommt der Oxenstern, Tomorrow Oxenstierna will come
der wird die Kinder beten lehr'n. who will teach the children how to pray
Bet, Kindel, bet, Pray child, pray,

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[Dan1988]

That's a lovely song.

[Kabraloth]

Depends; it's one of the few things that survived from the 30 years' war to living memory.
It's actually pretty gruesome when you think about it (especially the second stanza, which is not commonly known anymore).

[Dan1988]

Depends; it's one of the few things that survived from the 30 years' war to living memory.
It's actually pretty gruesome when you think about it (especially the second stanza, which is not commonly known anymore).

True - but it's still lovely.