[Topic renamed by the host, Ivan Ž.]
Hello,
I think this postcard is a song about Günther Prien, the noted U-Boat commander who sank the Royal Oak. Does anyone know what this card says?
James
Matrosenlied (Heute wollen wir ein Liedchen singen...)
The picture is too small for me to be able to read it properly. From the words I can make out it goes something like: Today we want to sing a little song ... give me your hand ... because we're going, because we're going, we're going towards England. The flag flaps on the mast, she shows the power of our Reich... /J
This is one of the most famous war songs--it was originally written in WWI. In WWII, Herms Niel (a well known composer of miltary and popular songs) wrote a new melody for the words, and it's available on many tapes and cds. It was a naval song, not about U Boats, but about sailing against England in general.
Erich
Erich
Several composers wrote music for this song before Niel (such as Jäkel, Ramrath and so on). This particular version of the lyrics, although published during WWII, is NOT the one used in the WWII composition (Niel's), but a rarer older variant. In Niel's composition there's "ein Liedlein singen" (while in this one there's "Liedchen") and "Gib mir deine Hand" (in this one there's "Reich' mir deine Hand").
Cheers,
Ivan
Cheers,
Ivan