See Leech on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2015, “Sulang die Leechter noch brenne”performed by Miljö:",
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"text": "Sulang beim Lommi die Leechter noch brenne,\n Sulang ne Funk weiß, wie Stippefott jeiht,\n Sulang dä Pitter noch schleiht,\n Dä Speimanes noch speit:\n Jo, su lang stirv dä Kölsche nit us.",
"translation": "As long as the lights are still on at Lommi’s [pub in Deutz],\n As long as the Funken know their traditional dance,\n As long as the big bell of the Cologne Cathedral still chimes,\n As long as Speimanes still spits:\n Yeah, so long the Colognians won’t die out.",
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"Limburgish terms derived from Old Dutch",
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"Limburgish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
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"Limburgish terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
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"Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Limburgish terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
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