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Does anyone know if the Samsung washing machine, end cycle jingle, has words?

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I'm considering writing some so I can sing it to annoy my family.

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tmstms@reddit

I know what that jingle is and in fact people who are into classical music are likely to. It is a part of the the Schubert song 'Die Forelle' (The Trout) and confusingly, the poem is by Schubart. Like a lot of early Romantic poetry, it is kind of a metaphor of the disappointment and cruelty of life (the trout swims around free and beautiful, then gets caught by the end- maybe the tourt represents the human spirit, I dunno). After writing the song, Schubert used the theme as the basis for one of the movements of his Piano Quintet, which is therefore nicknamed the Trout Quintet. In order to shorten the jingle, Samsung just put in an end cadence rather than the full tune. If you want the full words, these are they: In einem Bächlein helle, da schoß in froher Eil Die launische Forelle vorüber wie ein Pfeil Ich stand an dem Gestade und sah in süßer Ruh Des muntern Fischleins Bade im klaren Bächlein zu Des muntern Fischleins Bade im klaren Bächlein zu Ein Fischer mit der Rute, wohl an dem Ufer stand Und sah's mit kaltem Blute, wie sich das Fischlein wand Solang dem Wasser helle, so dacht ich, nicht gebricht So fängt er die Forelle mit seiner Angel nicht So fängt er die Forelle mit seiner Angel nicht Doch endlich ward dem Diebe die Zeit zu lang Er macht das Bächlein tückisch trübe und eh ich es gedacht So zuckte seine Rute, das Fischlein aus Fischlein zappelt dran Und ich mit regem Blute, sah die Betrogene an Und ich mit regem Blute, sah die Betrogene an
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