In Poland schteht en Haus (In Poland There Is a House)
DESCRIPTION: German. "In Poland schteht en Haus (x3), Joe Keiser piepa Polischen Haus." "in Poland there stands a house... Joe Kaiser's ??? house." "Who lives in the house?" ""A landlord lives in the house," helping a girl bring up a child who writes on the walls
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1938 (Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage nonballad children home
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends, pp. 90-91, "In Poland schteht en Haus (In Poland There Is a House)" (1 German text plus English translation, 1 tune)
NOTES [26 words]: The notes in Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends says that in Germany this functions as a game song, but I can find no references to it under this title. - RBW
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File: KPL089
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