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Whose Bread I Eat: His Song I Sing. German Proverb
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Whose bread I eat: his song I sing.
German Proverb
Related:
Wes Brot ich ess, des Lied ich sing." (Whose bread I eat, his song I sing.
) -- Middle High German proverb...
I dance around and sing a song and know that I can do no wrong.
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Who is not ashamed doubles his sins. German Proverb
They that have no other meet Bread and butter are glad to eat. -- Proverb
When I rest I rust. -- German proverb ("rast ich, so rost ich")
I like bread.
To be a real folk-song singer you have to collect the songs straight from the horse's mouth.
The way to do this is to go to a village and find the oldest inhabitant and ask him to sing you the songs his mother taught me....
Whose life is a bubble, and in length a span.
-- William Browne (1590-1645) -- Britannia's Pastorals, Book i, Song 2...