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Re:Tom Lehrer at 90: a life of scientific satire by jacquesm on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:03PM (#16775634)
I just listened to "I han es Zündhölzli azündt" I can't quite make out the lyrics though I get the general gist of it. It's not quite German, enough to see why it reminds you of Tom Lehrer, similar dry in delivery and self accompanied. Wished I understood it better.
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Re:Tom Lehrer at 90: a life of scientific satire by acqq on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:30PM (#16775953)
I've just found the common German translation:

http://www.songtexte.com/uebersetzung/mani-matter/i-han-es-z...

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Re:Tom Lehrer at 90: a life of scientific satire by jacquesm on Friday April 06, 2018 @02:40PM (#16776075)
It's a modern day version of the horseshoe story.

I figured as much from listening to it, thank you for finding the words to the song, it's a lot easier to read than to hear for my non Swiss-German attuned ears.

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