• Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
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    “Das Lied von der Glocke” (The Song Of The Bell) by Friedrich Schiller is a massive romantic poem describing the casting of a church bell as a heroic act and achievement of a god-fearing hard-working people. German teachers have made their students memorize and recite it for generations.
    Here it is, along with its English translation:
    https://lyricstranslate.com/en/das-lied-von-der-glocke-song-bell.html

    This isn’t my favorite poem. My favorite poem is the abbreviated version:

    Loch in Boden
    Bronze rin
    Glocke fertig
    Bim bim bim

    (Dig a hole
    Put bronze in
    Bell finished
    Ding dong ding)