God’s Playground. A History of Poland, Vol. 1. The Origins to 1795

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in communist Eastern Europe, two fraternal parties show rare signs of genuine
fraternity. To this day, almost anyone in Cracow or Budapest can repeat the old
jingle in its Polish or Hungarian form:


Wegier, Polak, dwa bratanki,
Tak do szabli jak do szklanki.
Magyar es lengyel jo barat
Karddal s pohar kozt egyarant.
The Pole and the Magyar like brothers stand
Whether with sword or with tankard in hand.^2
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