FREEDOM OF THOUGHTS

Small painted envelope for Kerosene in Canada

Reference to an old protest song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_6YQ-knKFw&feature=related

German version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS-2C-Tg4mk&feature=related

Dutch version

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Gedanken_sind_frei

"The text as it first occurred on leaflets about 1780 originally had four strophes to which a fifth was later added."--Wikipedia. Anyone who listens to this song needs to know very well the story of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Society. This was their rally song.

English lyrics:

Thoughts are free, who can guess them?
They flee by like nocturnal shadows.
No man can know them, no hunter can shoot them
with powder and lead: Thoughts are free!

I think what I want, and what delights me,
still always reticent, and as it is suitable.
My wish and desire, no one can deny me
and so it will always be: Thoughts are free!

And if I am thrown into the darkest dungeon,
all this would be futile work,
because my thoughts tear all gates
and walls apart: Thoughts are free!

So I will renounce my sorrows forever,
and never again will torture myself with whimsies.
In one's heart, one can always laugh and joke
and think at the same time: Thoughts are free!

I love wine, and my girl even more,
Only her I like best of all.
I'm not alone with my glass of wine,
my girl is with me: Thoughts are free!

(Pete Seeger made a version of this song in the sixties (album Dangerous songs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbwQXVcbkU0