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** There is indeed another verse, and there comes the Lord (literally, "the Holy One, Blessed be He"), probably in the End of Days. |
** There is indeed another verse, and there comes the Lord (literally, "the Holy One, Blessed be He"), probably in the End of Days. |
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* A Viennese song, "Heidschi Bumm-Beidschi", is often sung as a Christmas carol. Its origins lie in the Turk siege of Vienna, and "Heidschi Bumm-Beidschi" refers to Turk skirmishers who took children as slaves to be raised as soldiers. So it was a creepy nursery tune to begin with. |
* A Viennese song, "Heidschi Bumm-Beidschi", is often sung as a Christmas carol. Its origins lie in the Turk siege of Vienna, and "Heidschi Bumm-Beidschi" refers to Turk skirmishers who took children as slaves to be raised as soldiers. So it was a creepy nursery tune to begin with. |
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During the Spanish Flu Pandemic, there is one that |
* During the Spanish Flu Pandemic, there is one that children started singing. However it's not familiar to most people now. Spanish Flu has faded from our cultural consciousness. Anyways: |
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{{quote|I had a little bird |
{{quote|I had a little bird |
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Her name was Enza |
Her name was Enza |
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