In den Lüften, hoch wie der Adler

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In den Lüften, hoch wie der Adler

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Post by Auceps » 10 Jul 2020, 21:31

Good day everybody!

I would like to ask, if somebody could help me with finding the lyrics for the Walter Jäger's song 'In den Lüften, hoch wie der Adler'. I've heard both instrumental versions by Woitschach (by Schmidt sadly not yet) and the version by Bendix Tumforde with singing. Though, the quality wasn't the best one, so I couldn't recognize a lot from the lyrics. I know that it begins with 'In den Lüften, hoch wie der Adler, da sind wir Flieger zu Haus'. Maybe somebody has a song postcard?

Thanks in advance!

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Auceps

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Re: In den Lüften, hoch wie der Adler

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 10 Jul 2020, 21:44

Good day!
In den Lueften.jpg
Source: Flieger sind Sieger

Slightly different lyrics:
In den Lueften2.jpg
In den Lueften2.jpg (167.83 KiB) Viewed 425 times
Source: Sturm- und Kampflieder für Front und Heimat

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Ivan

PS
In case you didn't recognise them, that's Heyn-Quartett singing in Tumforde's version. The first lyrics I posted match their version, with two minor changes: in the 1st strophe, they sing "summt und braust" instead of "brummt und braust" and in the 2nd, they sing "froh[?] seinen Freiheitsgesang" instead of "seinen hehren Freiheitsgesang" (and they didn't sing the last strophe).


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Re: In den Lüften, hoch wie der Adler

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Post by Auceps » 11 Jul 2020, 17:38

As always, thank you very much for the prompt and comphrehensive answer, Ivan! :)

PS
Yes, I've recognized them. And yes, they're singing 'froh' there, indeed.

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Post by Ivan Ž. » 18 Jul 2020, 17:21

Ha, while searching for something completely different, I've come across this excerpt of a radio version of the song, in Die Deutsche Wochenschau Nr. 553: https://d1.net-film.ru/web-tc-mp4/fs40740.mp4

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Re: In den Lüften, hoch wie der Adler

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Post by Auceps » 21 Jul 2020, 00:16

It seems that it wasn't recorded and was abandoned after 1939.

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