Translation talk:Das Deutschlandlied

why, so far as i know, the German anthem begins with "Deutschland, Deutschland, über alles..."?

And the Recht und Freiheit text being the 3rd verse of the song? —unsigned comment by 219.142.99.29 (talk).

Before 1949 (or to be precise: in fact from 1871 to 1945) all three parts of the Deutsche Nationalhymne had to bee used: —unsigned comment by I like Burke's Peerage (talk).

translation history
The history of the Wikipedia article does not go back to the beginning:. So it is hard to verify it was not copied from somewhere else. There have been many changes since. John Vandenberg (chat) 23:28, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

audio
On Wikipedia, there is a midi file which has been deleted in 2004 as "unverified". The attached file has been deleted, so it cant be simply restored to be investigated. The Wikipedia article also links to this midi. John Vandenberg (chat) 23:36, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

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