I bin dei Apfel, du mein Stamm.
My Viennese friends introduced me to Rainhard Fendrich's moving ballad "I Am From Austria," a kind of unofficial national anthem, which apparently is also a classic and inevitable party foul. At some point during any given Austrian party, someone is guaranteed to put it on, bumming everybody out. I particularly like the line, "I am your apple, and you my stem."
As a counterpoint, here's Die Prinzen's slightly more irreverent tribute to their homeland, "Deutschland":
Tags: austria, die prinzen, germany, rainhard fendrich