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by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912)

Gotenzug
 (Sung text for setting by G. Rauchenecker)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
    Gebt Raum, ihr Völker, unserm Schritt,
  Wir sind die letzten Goten!
Wir tragen keine Schätze mit,
  Wir tragen einen Toten.
Mit Schild an Schild und Speer an Speer,
  Ziehn wir nach Nordlands Gründen,
Bis wir im fernen grauen Meer,
  Die Insel Thule finden.

    Das soll der Treue Insel sein,
  Dort gilt noch Eid und Ehre,
Dort senken wir den König ein,
  Im Sarg der Eschenspeere.
Wir kommen her -- gebt Raum dem Schritt --
  Aus Roms falschen Toren:
Wir tragen nur den König mit --
  Die Krone ging verloren.
Note: a four-stanza version exists in Dahn's collected works with the title "Gotenzug"

Composition:

    Set to music by Georg Wilhelm Rauchenecker (1844 - 1906), "Gotenzug", op. 137, published 1899 [ four-part men's chorus with woodwinds or piano ], Leipzig, Verlag Fr. Kistner

Text Authorship:

  • by Felix Ludwig Julius Dahn (1834 - 1912), no title, appears in Ein Kampf um Rom, first published 1876

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Researcher for this page: Frank Rauchenecker

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 94

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