Unser Salwi hot en Kaldi (Our Salome Has a Cold)

DESCRIPTION: German. "Unser Salwi hot en Kaldi, Hot en hilzni Pischtol." Chorus (nonsense): "Ludel lei, lei, ludell lei, lei...." "Our Salome has a cole, has a wooden pistol." Other verses are unrelated, about eating peanuts, and about a dreadful mother-in-law
AUTHOR: unknown
EARLIEST DATE: 1937 (Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends)
KEYWORDS: foreignlanguage nonballad food
FOUND IN: US(MA)
REFERENCES (1 citation):
Korson-PennsylvaniaSongsAndLegends, pp. 102-103, "Unser Salwi hot en Kaldi (Our Salome Has a Cold)" (1 German text plus non-poetic English translation, 1 tune)
File: KPL102

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