who pays the piper calls the tune

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From the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: qui paga mana — one who pays for something controls it
• Dutch: wiens brood men eet, diens woord men spreekt — one who pays for something controls it
• Estonian: kes maksab, see tellib ka muusika — one who pays for something controls it
• Finnish: kenen leipää syöt, sen lauluja laulat — one who pays for something controls it
• German: wer bezahlt, bestimmt — one who pays for something controls it
• German: wes Brot ich ess, des Lied ich sing — one who pays for something controls it
• Central Franconian: wä de Musik bestellt, dä bestemmp, wat se spillt — one who pays for something controls it
• Polish: kto płaci, ten wymaga — one who pays for something controls it
• Russian: кто пла́тит, тот и зака́зывает му́зыку (kto plátit, tot i zakázyvajet múzyku) — one who pays for something controls it
• Scottish Gaelic: 's e am fear a phàigheas am pìobaire a stiùireas am port — one who pays for something controls it
• Turkish: parayı veren düdüğü çalar — one who pays for something controls it