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Schön' Tinchen und Melinchen haben nagelneue Schuh, Drum kehren so stolz sie uns den Rücken zu; Doch knarren die Schuhe so laut in die Welt -- Am Ende hat der Schuster noch gar nicht sein Geld!
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Confirmed with Am Fenster in Bildern und Versen von Kate Greenaway, der deutsche Text von Käthe Freiligrath-Kroeker, München: Theodor Stroefers Kunstverlag, [1880], page 18.
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This text was added to the website: 2020-05-30
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Pretty Tina and Melina have brand new shoes, That's why they turn their backs on us so proudly; But the shoes are giving forth such loud squeaks -- Perhaps the shoemaker does not have his money yet!
Translator's note: In Germany it is thought that shoes squeak if they have not been paid for!
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This text was added to the website: 2024-09-07
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