Does anyone know the full text of the "Wachau" song?
[Song title corrected & topic renamed by the host, Ivan Ž. "Ostmarklied" is a modern, fictional title.]
Wachau (Was rauscht so bang der Donaustrom...)
Wachau (Was rauscht so bang der Donaustrom...)
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- Prosper Vandenbroucke
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Hi,
I think that the "Wachau" song is also known under the title: "Wach auf, deutsche Wachau".
Here is the text:
[Partially correct lyrics and a link to a neonazi website have been removed by the host. Incorrect song title corrected.]
Kindly regards from Belgium and sorry for my poor english knowledge.
Prosper
I think that the "Wachau" song is also known under the title: "Wach auf, deutsche Wachau".
Here is the text:
[Partially correct lyrics and a link to a neonazi website have been removed by the host. Incorrect song title corrected.]
Kindly regards from Belgium and sorry for my poor english knowledge.
Prosper
Re: Wachau (Was rauscht so bang der Donaustrom...)
Here are the correct first strophe and the refrain, from the book Wien, Musikgeschichte: Volksmusik und Wienerlied by Elisabeth Th. Fritz and Helmut Kretschmer:
Some of the original record scans (recordings from 1934 and 1937):
Original lyrics/scores may be ordered here:
http://www.zvab.com/Wachau-Lied-Wach-de ... 66745/buch
http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/dtl_2853875
Ivan
Dear members, again: please try to find printed lyrics as much as possible (especially period prints) and please avoid posting lyrics from unsourced websites - especially from neonazi websites (like the one whose link I've removed), which are full of disinformation. For example, they stated that Erwin Hartung wrote the lyrics to the song in 1938. In reality: the song originates from Vienna - and Hartung from Berlin; he was a singer, not a lyricist; he just recorded the song, in 1937, and Heger & Strecker wrote it in 1934. So: it was nonsense followed by nonsense. Also: there was no "Ostmarklied". It's a fictional, modern title, made up in the 1970s by the French "SERP", for one of their scam LPs (see "Les Waffen SS" vol. I; note: apart from the phoney title, "SERP" also credited Erwin Hartung as SS-Standarte 44!). As I already wrote in the "CD, LP & MC reviews" topic: the song's title is "Wachau", also known as "Wach' auf, deutsche Wachau!", composed by Heinrich Strecker (Op. 317) and written by Dr. Hans Heger and Strecker himself.Was rauscht so bang der Donaustrom
durchs weite, deutsche Land?
Von Burg zu Burg die Frage geht,
wann denn die Ostmark aufersteht,
ob auch der Bruder endlich heimwärts fand,
heim in das große Vaterland?
"Wach' auf, deutsche Wachau!"
dröhnt ein Ruf durch das Donautal.
"Wach' auf, deutsche Wachau!"
ruft die Schar aus Erz und Stahl.
Bleib' stark, mein deutsches Österreich!
Kein Baum fällt auf den ersten Streich.
Wach' auf, deutsche Wachau!
Heil dir, Nibelungengau!
Some of the original record scans (recordings from 1934 and 1937):
Original lyrics/scores may be ordered here:
http://www.zvab.com/Wachau-Lied-Wach-de ... 66745/buch
http://data.onb.ac.at/rec/dtl_2853875
Ivan
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Re: Wachau (Was rauscht so bang der Donaustrom...)
Hello,
I'm very sorry for the link leading to a neonazi website.
I was just trying to be correct when I mentionned my source and I know the worse reputation of those website.
With all my apoliges.
Kindly regards
Prosper
I'm very sorry for the link leading to a neonazi website.
I was just trying to be correct when I mentionned my source and I know the worse reputation of those website.
With all my apoliges.
Kindly regards
Prosper
Re: Wachau (Was rauscht so bang der Donaustrom...)
Thanks for all your help.
I've never been able to find a copy of the text of the relatively little-known song!
Mike G.
I've never been able to find a copy of the text of the relatively little-known song!
Mike G.
Auferstanden aus Ruinen und der Zukunft zugewandt, lasst uns Dir zum guten dienen, Deutschland, einig Vaterland!
Von der Maas, bis an die Memel, von der Etsch bis an den Belt
Levantai hoje de novo, o esplendor de Portugal
As armas, pela patria lutar
Von der Maas, bis an die Memel, von der Etsch bis an den Belt
Levantai hoje de novo, o esplendor de Portugal
As armas, pela patria lutar