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lyrics

The Laundresses
by Zuzanna Ginczanka (1917-1945)

Lala-la, lala-la
Buzzes, buzzes the white foam

Carefully, cautiously,
The laundresses wash the thin white
Trying not to tear the lace
And save up for the bombs

Trying not to rip the flounces
And to build a tank – a tankie
Trying not to destroy the brassiere
To buy a lot of battleshipsies

Clang! Bang! Snip! Snap!
Here, a new fragrant gas grows
Snip! Snap! Thump! Bump!
New, shiny Krupp tanks

A new missile, a fashionable mine,
A new, slim submarine
A new kind of glass candle
Laced, flounced

Lala-la, lala-la
Buzzes, buzzes the black foam

It’s not a laundryroom, not a washtub
(I know, because I’m looking into time and far away)
Those are the infernal, devilish tubs
If I were to be honest-

Clang! Bang! Buzzes, splashes –
Black oil, greasy tar
Blood cooling, thick swarms
Death in trenches, fields and ditches -
Clang! Bang! Buzzes, splashes
Above the tar – crackling sulfur
Demons herd each other to work

Lala-la, Lala-la
And in a soft voice are singing
Lala-la, Lala-la
The laundresses with hair like linen

translated by Marta Ziegler

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from 1939, released April 12, 2019

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