I note that the original German words of Lili Marlene are now out of copyright in the USA, the English and French words, and the music, written in the 1940s, are unfortunately still in copyright in life plus 70 countries, I have not investigated the situation in life plus 50 countries http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/snd/lilymarlene.html
Written by German soldier Hans Leip in 1915, set to music by Norbert Schultze in 1938 as The Girl under the Lantern , recorded by Lale Andersen, broadcast by German Forces Radio but was quickly banned in Germany, broadcast daily by Radio Belgrade from Yugoslavia to the Afrika Korps in 1941 when Rommel indicated he liked it, adopted by the British Eighth Army as one of the favorite songs of World War II, sung on radio by Marlene Dietrich, recorded in English by Anne Sheldon in 1944. <<<
As my German is almost non existant, I am perhaps the last person to make this into etext. Perhaps a German speaking volunteer would run with this. -- Dave Fawthrop <dave hyphenologist co uk> "Intelligent Design?" my knees say *not*. "Intelligent Design?" my back says *not*. More like "Incompetent design". Sig (C) Copyright Public Domain