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Wir liebten uns wie Brüder, Der Tod hat uns getrennt, Dich riß die Kugel nieder Und meine Wunde brennt. Wie kämpftest Du so muthig, Du löwenstarker Held! Nun liegst Du bleich und blutig Zu Füßen mir im Feld.1 Gott zähle Dich in Gnaden Zum auserwählten Heer! So treuen Kameraden -- Find' ich wohl nimmermehr.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Daheim. Ein deutsches Familienblatt mit Illustrationen, Jahrgang 1866, No. 44, page 649.
1 Kücken adds:O trauerbange Stunde Wenn ich den Scheidegruß Aus deinem bleichen Munde Der Mutter bringen muß.
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This text was added to the website: 2022-03-15
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We loved each other like brothers, Death has parted us, A bullet mowed you down And my wound is burning. How courageously you fought, You hero, strong as a lion! Now, pale and bloodied, you are Lying at my feet in the battlefield. May God in grace number you Among his elite army! I shall likely never again find Such a faithful comrade.
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"Der todte Kamerad" = "The dead comrade"
"Der todte Soldat" = "The dead soldier"
"Der treue Kamerad" = "The faithful comrade"
Oh, hour of anxious sorrow When I shall have to convey The parting greeting from your pale lips To your mother.
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This text was added to the website: 2022-03-17
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