delete-region - is their a way to get the deleted text?

[Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>]

Hi List, 

I found a function that would be useful for me as is - if only I would
have access to the region deleted with 'delete-region' inside that
function.

,------------------------------------------------------------------
| (delete-region START END)
| Delete the text between START and END.
| This command deletes buffer text without modifying the kill ring.
`------------------------------------------------------------------

If its not in the kill ring - is there any other way to get the text
that deleted, or is it simply gone and lost?

-- 
cheers,
Thorsten