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The Association of German Students: Leipzig Students Remember the First Ten Years (1881-1891)

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On the Election Battle for the Academic Reading Hall on November 12, 1882.

Sung to the tune of: “Als die Römer frech geworden ...” (“When the Romans got fresh …”)


1. When the bell struck eleven
Last Sunday, one beheld the crowds
Of students siding in divided might
Hurling themselves into the heated battle for the vote,
Four of the Bornerianum.

2. Leader of the Yiddish race was
Schöbel, and upon him in wild hatred
Followed many a chap who did reveal
A dreadful, crooked nose,
Flesch and other Flesche.

3. From the German troops stood out
Young Winzer, Graetzke, Rosenhagen,
And Hoeres, Müller, Troebsten’s beard,
Moreover Bosse and of equal mettle
Many another valiant campaigner.

4. What a battle unfolded right then,
The speeches flung from here to there!
There many a smart word pierced through the air
And nonsense, too, was to be heard
In quite enormous quantity.

5. Yet you, Burkhardt, and you, Bauer
Had sweat on your brow, for difficult and hard
Can be the role of candidate
When you have many opponents
And the necessary stoutness.

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