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O Schröpferschwarm, o Händlerkreis, Wer schiebt dir einen Riegel? Das tat mit alter Schelmenweis' Till Eulenspiegel.
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- by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948), no title [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- by Richard Georg Strauss (1864 - 1949), "O Schröpferschwarm, o Händlerkreis", op. 66 no. 12 (1918), from Krämerspiegel, no. 12. [text verified 1 time]
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- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Ô essaim de suceurs de sang, ô bande de marchands", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , no title, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Oh swarm of fleecers, oh set of mongers, Who is going to put a stop to your activities? That was done with old impish cunning By Till Eulenspiegel.
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- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2014 by Sharon Krebs, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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- a text in German (Deutsch) by Alfred Kerr (1867 - 1948), no title
This text was added to the website: 2014-09-13
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