yeah, i knew they'd dropped the first verse.
They dropped the first 2 verses, which is a great shame. The first went presumably for fear it would offend the sensitive USSR by reminding them of how exactly the Kaliningrad Oblast became part of their territory, and the 2nd was dropped for fear it would offend Emma readers, who were pissed that men enjoyed singing it so much:
Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue,
Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang
Sollen in der Welt behalten
Ihren alten schönen Klang ...
H. Hoffmann clearly wasn't a beer drinker and luckily for him had never heard Tokyo Hotel.
BTW defaming the German National Anthem is a criminal offense in Germany, which probably now means throughout the EU too. Watch out for those Euro Warrants Pete!
