Article 1037906 of rec.arts.sf.fandom From: Dan Hoey Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.fandom Subject: Re: so long, pitkin... Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2010 12:45:25 -0400 Organization: Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC Paul Dormer wrote: > There was apparently a translation of Wagner's Ring where a character is > asked what he's called. "Some call me the king of woe," is something > like the reply. But this led to the sung line, "Woe king, Woe king". Woe king in a coal mine Going down, down Woe king in a coal mine Whew, about to slip down