[Lonesome in Massachussets]

A book by John LeCarre called "A Small Town in Germany". In the British Army of Rhine after the war, there as a song popular with the troops containing lines (more or less), "In a small town there lived a Musikant, "Ich bin der Musikant, ich lieb' der Vaterland". Musikant is apparently the German word for a hack musician, a club player, as opposed to a Musiker who might play in a prestigious ochestra.

[Tijeras_Slim]

That's pretty obscure, even by FReeper standards.