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[Koen G]

The word "auch" is just about the only word I could imagine between "nim" and "mich" that would be in place.

I agree it is awkward. I cannot talk about German in this level of sophistication, but here is how I feel about the word order in modern Dutch. So imagine someone died and his deeply religious friend is overcome with grief and asks for god to take him too. Imagine the exclamation "You have taken x away from me, so quickly take me also". In this case, more words can go between "neem" and "mij".

The word order "dus neem ook snel mij!" is possible in Dutch because by shifting "mij" to the back, it receives the stress, enhancing the poetic effect. 
However, to get this effect I must place everything between the verb and the stressed object. If you put the ook/auch behind the sentence it becomes awkward again.