Matrosenlied [Wir fahren gegen Engeland]

-History:
The Matrosenlied or "Wir fahren gegen Engeland" as most people give that name to this song, is a German sailor song originally from ww1. Parts of the lyrics literally translate to "We will sail against England", wich implied the naval warfare between the UK and Germany.
This is a pretty well known song. I've spoken to a ww2 Dutch veteran a while back. He really enjoys the music back in his day and also collected records and even sold me some. He told me about the British and American soldiers entering his city of Tilburg and singing "Wir fahren gegen Engeland" because they really liked the tune, even though they had no idea what they were actually singing.
-The quality of the record:
Unfortunately the record is in very bad shape. I really love the song and will try my best looking for a better version in the future, so I can upload something a bit more rare and of hopefully better quality.
#history #rarerecords #germany
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-The record:
Matrosenlied / Polydor records
Herms Niel - Hermann Löns / 11357 A
Performed by: Reichsmusikzug des Reichsarbeitsdienstes mit chor
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-Disclaimer:
I record shellac records, upload them on youtube and tell a bit of history. I was not the creator of this song.
I do not promote any type of idiology, hate or anything of the sort. This video is made to educate people about history through old music.

[@novabrabantia]

Hi there! I hop you liked my video, despite the quality. The record was in very bad shape when I recieved it. If you have any more song suggestions or like talking about history with me and my friends, feel free to join our discord: discord.gg/v6AMQKb73j

[@Duckcalculator]

Another W from the best historical song channel on youtube

[@Ode_Of_History]

it can be cool a historic christmas song🤔 (like a ww1 christmas truce song or a thing like that)

[@novabrabantia]

Don't worry. Christmas and newyears songs already planned😉

[@Ode_Of_History]

oh yes cool!@@novabrabantia

[@gibusgaming5866]

Quite a wonderful tune

[@Thomas-gn9bv]

German poet Hermann Löns wrote this song in 1903.

[@royearle1673]

I gotta say, the quality, while not good, is not necessarily terrible. You can still clearly understand the lyrics, so that's good.

[@SchrödingerKousae]

*Yeah.*

[@historian211_]

🔥

[@cortexradio]

The DDR's Matrosenlied (Matrosen von Kronstadt) is also a pretty good German song, would love to see you cover it :)

[@novabrabantia]

That sounds like a nice idea. I'll see if I can find a record of thats song!

[@ShawnGamerTV]

W song
Also, whats the painting at 1:00 called?

[@novabrabantia]

“The last man” - famous German painting from the First World War by Hans Bohrdt, completed in 1915.

[@arturos25]

Dlaczego mi niemieckie pieśni wojskowe kojarzą się z piciem piwa w knajpie?