Writes Robert Groezinger:
Dear Lew,
Here is a YouTube of a beautiful woman with a beautiful voice singing and playing one of the most beautiful German folk songs ever: ‘Die Gedanken sind frei’ (Thoughts Are Free). She sings both the German and an English version.
It includes this prophetic and pugnacious verse:
| Und sperrt man mich ein im finsteren Kerker, |
| das alles sind rein vergebliche Werke. |
| Denn meine Gedanken zerreißen die Schranken |
| und Mauern entzwei: Die Gedanken sind frei! |
| . |
| And should tyrants take me and throw me in prison, |
| My thoughts will burst free like blossoms in season, |
| Foundations will crumble and structures will tumble, |
| And free men will cry, Die Gedanken Sind Frei! |
| . |
Happy Christmas to you and all the LRC community.
