Hier liegt ein Mann ganz obnegleich;
Im Leibe dick, an Suden reich.
Wir haben ihn in das Grab gesteckt, Here lies a man with sundry flaws
Weil es uns dunkt er sei verreckt. And numerous Sins upon his head;
We buried him today because
As far as we can tell, he's dead.
-- PDQ Bach's epitaph, as requested by his cousin Betty
Sue Bach and written by the local doggeral catcher;
"The Definitive Biography of PDQ Bach", Peter Schickele
Im Leibe dick, an Suden reich.
Wir haben ihn in das Grab gesteckt, Here lies a man with sundry flaws
Weil es uns dunkt er sei verreckt. And numerous Sins upon his head;
We buried him today because
As far as we can tell, he's dead.
-- PDQ Bach's epitaph, as requested by his cousin Betty
Sue Bach and written by the local doggeral catcher;
"The Definitive Biography of PDQ Bach", Peter Schickele
Related:
- Hier liegt ein Mann ganz obnegleich;
Im Leibe dick,
an Suden reich. Wir haben ihn in das Grab gesteckt... - Why not? -- What? -- Why not? -- Why should I not send it?
Why should I not dispatch it? -- Why not? -- Strange... - Why did Mozart kill his chickens?
Because they kept saying Bach,
Bach!... - P. D. Q. Bach's life proves, if proof be needed, the importance of a
sound musical education.
Prof. Peter Schickele (... - Why did Bach have 20 children?
He had no stops on his organ... - Without a beat, they march along,
believing Bach is dead... - That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game,
but how we lose and how we've changed because of it...
