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Ohio State Marching Band parody songbook includes lyrics mocking Holocaust, report says

The Ohio State Marching Band again finds itself mired in controversy after The Wall Street Journal reported a secret parody songbook circulated among band members includes a number that mocks victims of the Holocaust.

The Journal obtained a copy of the songbook, which reportedly was updated in 2012 with the song on the Holocaust called "Goodbye Kramer", set to the tune of the 1981 Journey hit "Don't Stop Believin'".

The song's lyrics include references to Nazi soldiers "searching for people livin' in their neighbor's attic," and a "small town Jew ... who took the cattle train to you know where," the Journal reports.