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<font size=3>At 04:14 PM 8/2/2004, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>FWIW, some here may recall that, in
1961, there was a popular song<br>
called "Wooden Heart," by an Elvis sound-alike named Joe
Dowell, who<br>
didn't, since he was a one-hit wonder. This song is set to the tune
of<br>
"Muss' I' Denn," the best-known folksong in the Schwaebisch
dialect.</blockquote><br>
Err, Wilson, I suspect others may get there first, but there was also a
recording of Wooden Heart (including verses in 'German') by the most
authentic sound-alike of all, Elvis himself. Remember he also spent
time in Germany as a GI. His version also had American accented
Schwaebisch.<br><br>
Geoff</font></body>
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