Teresa Stratas
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This anti-Nazi propaganda song written during World War II contains numerous references to the personal history of Adolf Hitler. While Weill wrote for numerous outlets during the war, the knowledge displayed in Dietz' lyrics indicates that this was written for the Fight for Freedom rallies, where at...
[Verse 1]
In a hamlet in the Tyrol
An old lady isn't virile
She is languishing and heavy is her heart
For she thinks about her baby
Who, had he been christened Abie
Maybe might have never played the monster's part
If her son had only married
If her lust had not miscarried
Who can say for certain what might not have been?
In her somber weeds of sorrow
She is hopeful some tomorrow
Will undo the passion that produced a sin
[Chorus]
Schickelgruber! Schickelgruber!
You were born a child of shame
You have always been a bastard
Even though you changed your name
Came the headlines, then the breadlines
As your will to power grew
Schickelgruber! Schickelgruber!
What a pretty howdy do!
Though a mother, I can smother
Mother love at thought of you!
[Verse 2]
In his youth his one obsession
Was to practice a profession
And he dabbled with the palette and the paint
But the art he couldn't master
So he went from paint to plaster
And today he calls himself a plaster saint
Is he good or evil fairy?
All his pals have now grown wary
That is, those of them who didn't rate the purge
And the scent will ever linger
How he gave his friends the finger
Just to gratify and culminate an urge
[Chorus]
Schickelgruber! Schickelgruber!
Once the dew was on the rose
Where you'll end up in the windup
Schickelgruber, Heaven knows
Ever ruthless, ever truthless
When the judgment day is due
Repercussions from the Russians
Schickelgruber, say you're through
Every village that you pillage
In revenge will turn on you
Schickelgruber was written by Kurt Weill & Howard Dietz.
Schickelgruber was produced by Eric Salzman.