Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
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Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
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Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
Wasn't that a favorite with the Katzenjammer Kids?
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Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
WOuldn't surprise me.Opus the Poet wrote:Wasn't that a favorite with the Katzenjammer Kids?
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Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
What a prime example of viewing things through filters. Her visions are spot on but her worries are obscuring her view. They both need to just pop over and see for themselves. Of course not speaking German is also a factor.
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Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
The problem is, we don't know if Nad' is seeing the current and not interpreting it right, or if she's seeing the future and is spot on. If the present, you'd kind of think she'd notice Atsali is wearing a Bavarian Bar Girl costume and singing. Which should clue her in that this may not be exactly reality. If the future... that's ominous.
I wonder if Atsali actually knows German or if she's just knows the words to the song. Also, I would imagine Sirens LOVE to really belt it out. I wouldn't be surprised if, in the Wapsiverse, some of history's greatest singers were Sirens or of Siren parentage.
I wonder if Atsali actually knows German or if she's just knows the words to the song. Also, I would imagine Sirens LOVE to really belt it out. I wouldn't be surprised if, in the Wapsiverse, some of history's greatest singers were Sirens or of Siren parentage.
Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
So, you're saying that her interpretation is not germane?oldmanmickey wrote:What a prime example of viewing things through filters. Her visions are spot on but her worries are obscuring her view. They both need to just pop over and see for themselves. Of course not speaking German is also a factor.
Hasn't Nadette made the point that her Seer ability to sense the future doesn't work reliably for situations in which her own fate and emotions are involved?eee wrote:The problem is, we don't know if Nad' is seeing the current and not interpreting it right, or if she's seeing the future and is spot on. If the present, you'd kind of think she'd notice Atsali is wearing a Bavarian Bar Girl costume and singing. Which should clue her in that this may not be exactly reality. If the future... that's ominous.
Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
A bit of translation is in order... There is one word in the verse Skylar is singing I can't make out but looks like Madl... with an umlaut over the a... but I'm not sure and the translator didn't pick up on it either...
Oh du lieber Augustin, Augustin, Augustin,
Oh du lieber Augustin, alles ist hin.
Translation:
Oh you dear Augustin, Augustin, Augustin,
Oh you dear Augustin Everything is here.
The back verse:
Geld ist weg, (not sure what this word is I can't make it out but it looks like Madl with an umlaut over the a) ist weg, Alles hin Augustin
Oh du lieber Augustin, Alles ist hin.
Translation:
Money is gone, Madl is gone all the way Augustin,
Oh you dear Augustine everything is there.
Oh du lieber Augustin, Augustin, Augustin,
Oh du lieber Augustin, alles ist hin.
Translation:
Oh you dear Augustin, Augustin, Augustin,
Oh you dear Augustin Everything is here.
The back verse:
Geld ist weg, (not sure what this word is I can't make it out but it looks like Madl with an umlaut over the a) ist weg, Alles hin Augustin
Oh du lieber Augustin, Alles ist hin.
Translation:
Money is gone, Madl is gone all the way Augustin,
Oh you dear Augustine everything is there.
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Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
German lyric:
Decent {i think} English translation:ach, du lieber augustin,
augustin, augustin,
ach, du lieber augustin,
alles ist hin!
geld ist hin, mädl ist hin,
alles ist hin, augustin!
ach, du lieber augustin,
alles ist hin!
refrain
rock ist weg, stock ist weg,
augustin liegt im dreck.
ach, du lieber augustin,
alles ist hin!
refrain
und selbst das reiche wien,
hin ist's wie augustin;
weint mit mir im gleichen sinn,
alles ist hin!
refrain
jeder tag war ein fest,
jetzt haben wir die pest!
nur ein großes leichenfest,
das ist der rest.
refrain
augustin, augustin,
leg' nur ins grab dich hin!
ach, du lieber augustin,
alles ist hin!
Plague song.oh my dearest augustine
augustine, augustine
oh my dearest augustine
everything's gone
wealth is gone, health is gone
all is gone, augustine!
oh, my dearest augustine
everything's gone!
refrain
blouses gone, houses gone
how do we carry on?
oh my dearest augustine
everything's gone!
refrain
even our great wien*
dead now like augustine
oh my dearest augustine
everything's gone!
refrain
once we had great zest!
now all we have is pest!
all is but a corpses' fest
everything's gone!
refrain
oh my dearest augustine
stay in the grave!
oh my dearest augustine
everything's gone!
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Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
Google Translate doesn't give an English equivalent for "mädl". The translation i found says "health".
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Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
Actually, "hin" seems to literally mean "broken"; in the context of the song and in light of Nadette's vision, "lost" would be a decent translation, meaning wise, if not b strict definition.DilyV wrote:Oh du lieber Augustin, Augustin, Augustin,
Oh du lieber Augustin, alles ist hin.
Translation:
Oh you dear Augustin, Augustin, Augustin,
Oh you dear Augustin Everything is here..
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Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
Kind of an affectionate way of saying "girl".AnotherFairportfan wrote:Google Translate doesn't give an English equivalent for "mädl". The translation i found says "health".
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Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
Except, as i said, the translation i found didn't render it that way...Catawampus wrote:Kind of an affectionate way of saying "girl".AnotherFairportfan wrote:Google Translate doesn't give an English equivalent for "mädl". The translation i found says "health".
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Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
The girl in the lower right corner has a head that is almost as big as one of Atsali's "tracts of land", and I think she was in close to the same position in the comic in the previous strip but wearing a jacket. One more strip and she gets a tag.
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It's Japan.Opus the Poet wrote:The girl in the lower right corner has a head that is almost as big as one of Atsali's "tracts of land", and I think she was in close to the same position in the comic in the previous strip but wearing a jacket. One more strip and she gets a tag.
They all look alike.
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Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
While I'm sure it was done on purpose, for some strange reason I cannot fathom, it occurs to me that this is quite the upbeat tempo, for such a downer of a song...AnotherFairportfan wrote:German lyric:Decent {i think} English translation:ach, du lieber augustin,
augustin, augustin,
ach, du lieber augustin,
alles ist hin!
geld ist hin, mädl ist hin,
alles ist hin, augustin!
ach, du lieber augustin,
alles ist hin!
refrain
rock ist weg, stock ist weg,
augustin liegt im dreck.
ach, du lieber augustin,
alles ist hin!
refrain
und selbst das reiche wien,
hin ist's wie augustin;
weint mit mir im gleichen sinn,
alles ist hin!
refrain
jeder tag war ein fest,
jetzt haben wir die pest!
nur ein großes leichenfest,
das ist der rest.
refrain
augustin, augustin,
leg' nur ins grab dich hin!
ach, du lieber augustin,
alles ist hin!Plague song.oh my dearest augustine
augustine, augustine
oh my dearest augustine
everything's gone
wealth is gone, health is gone
all is gone, augustine!
oh, my dearest augustine
everything's gone!
refrain
blouses gone, houses gone
how do we carry on?
oh my dearest augustine
everything's gone!
refrain
even our great wien*
dead now like augustine
oh my dearest augustine
everything's gone!
refrain
once we had great zest!
now all we have is pest!
all is but a corpses' fest
everything's gone!
refrain
oh my dearest augustine
stay in the grave!
oh my dearest augustine
everything's gone!
===============
" vienna
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Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
My recollection is a tune that has a hint of sorrow, longing, fatalism.lake_wrangler wrote:While I'm sure it was done on purpose, for some strange reason I cannot fathom, it occurs to me that this is quite the upbeat tempo, for such a downer of a song...
Now in a beer hall, lit up on suds, it's gonna sound like one of the happiest days in your life! Or something along the lines of drink today for tomorrow we might die!
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Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
Some time pay attention to the lyrics of "Waltzing Matilda".lake_wrangler wrote:While I'm sure it was done on purpose, for some strange reason I cannot fathom, it occurs to me that this is quite the upbeat tempo, for such a downer of a song...
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Re: Oh Du Lieber Augustin 2017-11-01
"You'll never catch me alive, said he!"Just Old Al wrote:Some time pay attention to the lyrics of "Waltzing Matilda".lake_wrangler wrote:While I'm sure it was done on purpose, for some strange reason I cannot fathom, it occurs to me that this is quite the upbeat tempo, for such a downer of a song...
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Look up "The Band Played 'Waltzing Matilda' " on YOUTUBE... have tissue paper readyeee wrote:"You'll never catch me alive, said he!"Just Old Al wrote:Some time pay attention to the lyrics of "Waltzing Matilda".lake_wrangler wrote:While I'm sure it was done on purpose, for some strange reason I cannot fathom, it occurs to me that this is quite the upbeat tempo, for such a downer of a song...
Not too happy a story for the jumbuck, either.
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The one time i saw him live, Bogle said that, when he immigrated to Australia in 1969, his ship arrived on Anzac Day and the parade was one of the first things he saw.Sgt. Howard wrote:Look up "The Band Played 'Waltzing Matilda' " on YOUTUBE... have tissue paper ready
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