This song is based on a poem of Ludwig Uhland, that has the same name. This is poem about two minstrels who sang so good that the king murdered the young one. The old one cursed the king, and soon the latter was forgotten.
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This song is based on a poem of Ludwig Uhland, that has the same name. This is poem about two minstrels who sang so good that the king murdered the young one. The old one cursed the king, and soon the latter was forgotten.
Text is here: http://www.bartleby.com/177/54.html