This music sheet is a reconstruction from the old recordings of Die Vöglein im Walde. Sometimes named In der Heimat, da gibt's ein Wiedersehn, this German folk song was a very popular song among the Wehrmacht and the common German folk. The song is a potpourri, for it includes the popular Ich hatt' einen Kameraden Wehrmacht potpourri and the Die Vöglein im Walde German folksong.
The song is described as a jolly melody that begins with the Wehrmacht potpourri and ends with the German folksong. In the Wehrmacht potpourri is the first stanza of Ich hatt' einen Kameraden and a famous Prussian saying that begins with Gloria, Gloria, Gloria, Viktoria and ends with Ja it Herz und Hand fürs Vaterland. Often seen in postcards from the early 21st century in Germany, the Prussian saying is slightly modified with den Säbel in der Hand (then sable in the hand) omitted and the repeat of Ja Herz und Hand replacing it. The text for Ich hatt' einen Kameraden was written by Ludwig Uhland, a popular Prussian poet and literary historian.
"Die Vöglein im Walde." Musescore, 2020, https://musescore.com/user/33243181/scores/6287691. Accessed 8 August 2020.
"Die Vöglein im Walde." Musescore, 2020, https://musescore.com/user/33243181/scores/6287691. Accessed 8 August 2020.
"Die Vöglein im Walde." Musescore, 2020, https://musescore.com/user/33243181/scores/6287691. Accessed 8 August 2020.
"Die Vöglein im Walde." Musescore, 2020, https://musescore.com/user/33243181/scores/6287691. Accessed 8 August 2020.
"Die Vöglein im Walde." Musescore, 2020, https://musescore.com/user/33243181/scores/6287691. Accessed 8 August 2020.
Lyrics:
Ich hatt einen Kameraden (I had a comrade)
einen bessern findst du nicht (A better one finds you not)
Die Trommel schlug zum Streite (The drummers drum through the battle)
er ging an meiner Seite. (He goes by my side.)
Gloria, Gloria, (Glory, Glory)
Gloria, Viktoria! (Glory, Victory!)
❚: Ja, mit Herz und Hand (Yes, with heart and hand)
Ja, mit Herz und Hand (Yes, with heart and hand)
fürs Vaterland :❚ (for fatherland)
Die Vöglein im Walde (The birds in the wild)
die sangen, sangen wunderschön (They sing, sing beautifully)
In der Heimat, in der Heimat (In the hometown, in the hometown)
da gibt´s ein Wiedersehn! (They have a reunion)
Eine Kugel kam geflogen, (A cannonball came flying)
Gilt's mir oder gilt es dir? (Is it towards me or is it towards you?)
Ihn hat es weggerissen, (It had him swept away)
Er liegt mir vor den Füßen. (He lies at your feet.)
Gloria, Gloria, (Glory, Glory)
Gloria, Viktoria! (Glory, Victory!)
❚: Ja, mit Herz und Hand (Yes, with heart and hand)
Ja, mit Herz und Hand (Yes, with heart and hand)
fürs Vaterland :❚ (for fatherland)
Die Vöglein im Walde (The birds in the wild)
die sangen, sangen wunderschön (They sing, sing beautifully)
In der Heimat, in der Heimat (In the hometown, in the hometown)
da gibt´s ein Wiedersehn! (They have a reunion)
Works Cited
"Die Vöglein im Walde." Musescore, 2020, https://musescore.com/user/33243181/scores/6287691. Accessed 8 August 2020.
"Ich hatt einen Kameraden (1916 , In der Heimat….)." Volksliederarchiv, 2019, https://www.volksliederarchiv.de/hintergrund/ich-hatt-einen-kameraden-1916-in-der-heimat/. Accessed 29 July 2020.
Bruh, I was making a video and needed the lyrics while the exact same medley lyrics were right here :/.