SUICIDE SONG
‘GLOOMY SUNDAY 1 BANNED IN HUNGARY AND BRITAIN Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, April 6. (Received April 7, at 1.20 p.m.) The ‘ Sun-Herald ’ Agency says the song ‘ Gloomy Sunday ’ has been dubbed the “ suicide song ” in Hungary, where it was written, because it is stated to be responsible for 18 suicides. Now in Michigan (America) a lad of 13 has been found hanged with the words of the song in his coat pocket. Gipsy orchestras in Budapest are not allowed to play the sqpg. The British Broadcasting Commission has also forbidden it, but Parisians endure it without rushing to gas ovens. The song is tuneful, and the words concern an unhappy man, who warns his unfaithful sweetheart of the ‘‘ last Sunday,”. when she would see him cold and lifeless.
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Evening Star, Issue 22308, 7 April 1936, Page 8
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130SUICIDE SONG Evening Star, Issue 22308, 7 April 1936, Page 8
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