Jan Hus (1368-1415) Hus is pronounced like goose. Hus being Czechoslavakian for goose. The swan is a reference to Martin Luther.
They burnt Jan Hus In Fourteen Fifteen They cooked his goose A swan you will see In Fifteen Seventeen From Jan Hus prophesy His ashes were thrown into the Rhine As a metaphor his influence spreads Like a river that flows throughout time
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