THE EDELWEISS PIRATES! - German youth who said NEIN! (now with a postscript)
Edelweiss - a flower right - a song in The Sound Of Music - right - cute song - rightNot the kind of word any would say was a word - song - of defiance - courage Right
HOW wrong those who think so - including me - I have to say - to be honest - right
You see when Hitler and his Nazis were in power - the government of Germany - legit
You heard of the Hitler Youth - well - bet if few ever heard of The Edelweiss Pirates
Na - that kind of American little league ball players - mind sounds like they were
Na , made up of youths aged fourteen to seventeen - yes bloody teenagers!
Now they did go a bundle of what that bloke Hitler and his lot were doing - so they Said '' bolox '' , to Hitler and his crony's! - like
They decided that to - be rebels - not holding protest -like
Hid in plain sight kind of - encourage - to think for them self's - not letting - fall fore Hitlers lies
The Edelweiss Pirates - were in city's - towns through out Germany
The Pirates - became an irritant to the NAZES - at first the NAZES - bore 'em
Till those complain about 'em - demanding something should be don about them
Some were sent to consecration camps - worked hard - to be tart a lesson!
Thirteen - were hanged in Cologne in 1944
Hid army deserters
Now I used to find The Edelweiss , song in The Sound Of Music - rather twee
Words - well soft - naive - as the film is set during World War Two!
Till I heard the story behind the song - the history - tears will flow next time it is plaid!
AND do I like these bands of brothers and sisters!
*To learn more Google The Edelweiss Pirates - History Learning. Thank you.
** I know nothing about The Edelweiss Pirates - I was half listening to a radio show BBC RADIO6 , an exultant stashan. When the resenter tarted talking about the song Edelweiss , song from the film The Sound Of Mousic. And he told the stroy behind the song. I look The Edelweisds Pirts up on the net. I was movde to write my Story-poem.
*** I had many a good listen to my dad , we ta;lkde about WW2 and his rool in it. I rember I askde him why he volenterde , he livded in Lancashire , not far frm Manchetyer. As the wher he livde , a lot of war relited endustry , so , he could of avoided The War!. No he avided , any wotk that would of exclued dad from The War , being callde up. He volenterde for the R A F and the Royal Navy. The T N , took dd first , if the R A F , had , dad would of been a member of a bober crew! With over 55,000 , deths in the Bober crewx , dad , was like to of been amongst them! Anyway I askd dad why he , volenterde. '' I joind in , due yres to pretekt m,y countyrty.'' , '' I also joined up to free the ocupide countrys , AND to free the Germans and Germaney ''. I trust the readers do not mind the back story to this story-poem. Thank you for your indolgence with me.
ken d williams
The Dyslexic Wordsmith
Poetry by ken d williams
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Written on 2015-11-01 at 20:01
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