It reminds me of O Du Lieber Augustin. And it took me a really long time to figure out that title… I thought it was some well-known nursery rhyme melody, but it’s a 224 year old Viennese tune.
tangentially related: the football chant Who ate all the Pies? and the Mary Poppin’s song Step in Time! both share the same origin of an old Cockney song Knees Up Mother Brown
It reminds me of O Du Lieber Augustin. And it took me a really long time to figure out that title… I thought it was some well-known nursery rhyme melody, but it’s a 224 year old Viennese tune.
tangentially related: the football chant Who ate all the Pies? and the Mary Poppin’s song Step in Time! both share the same origin of an old Cockney song Knees Up Mother Brown
Apparently it was adapted to “Did you ever see a lassie?” which has much brighter and simpler lyrics than the original, which is very dark.