Re: [OT] Search for Morgensterns Galgenlieder for choir

[Aaron Hill]

On 2018-06-10 08:19, Malte Meyn wrote:
> Am 10.06.2018 um 16:59 schrieb shane:
> > Why is the ghost voraciously eating the table cloth? Or am I 
> > misunderstanding the title?
>
> It’s about handkerchiefs, not table cloths. The poem is a humourous
> (is that how you spell it?) explanation for losing them every now and
> then.

You did just fine.  It is humorous (or humourous) depending on your 
flavor (or flavour) of English.  (The programmer in me often refers to 
the American version as English-- or English "flat".)

-- Aaron Hill