Dear Betsy,
Like Martha Woersching, I know the song from my childhood
exactly in the form she does. I can't help with the
cultural references, though.
Regards
Renate
On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 06:45:02 +0000 (GMT) Elizabeth
Pennebaker <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
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>
> Dear all,
>
> I've been asked to translate a diary of a visit to Germany in 1939 (it's
> fascinating) and have come across the following song lyric:
>
> "Drei Juden und drei Chinese mit den Kontrabense"
>
> Does anyone have any idea what a "Kontrabense" might be? It's not in the
> Duden. Could it perhaps be a Kontrabass? And does anyone have a clue about
> what cultural references might be there?
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Betsy Pennebaker
>
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