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Possible goof?

posted 10 years ago by LondoMollari1
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Soon after the start of the film when Stachel climbs on board the truck with the other pilots to go to their quarters, you can hear the pilots singing a song that starts off with "There was a girl from Poland...".

Um, Poland had no existed as a country since the Third Partition in 1795 and it did not exist again until after WWI. Maybe this song they were singing pre-dated 1795?

[–] ncdwbmk6 10 years ago

This doesn't affect your point, but the actual lyrics were:
"There was a town in Poland, and there a girl we found..."
...

Even if Poland was not a country at that time, could the name "Poland" have referred to a geographical area?

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[–] tomcervo 8 years ago

Poland may not have been a country, but it was definitely a place. The song dates from 1896.
http://de.metapedia.org/wiki/In_einem_Polenst%C3%A4dtchen