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by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892)

Was donnern die Kanonen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Was donnern die Kanonen,
Was kündet der Glocken Mund?
Der Deutschen in allen Zonen
Wird freudige Märe kund:

Es ward eine Schlacht geschlagen
Bei Sedan auf dem Feld;
Davon wird man singen und sagen
Bis an das Ende der Welt. 

Da schlug seine Schicksalsstunde
Dem dritten Napoleon,
Da blutet an schwerer Wunde
Der Marschall MacMahon.  

Drum donnern die Kanonen,
Drum dröhnt der Glocken Mund:  
Den Deutschen in allen Zonen
Wird freudige Märe kund.

Es donn're jubeltönig
Hinaus über Land und Meer:  
Heil Deutschlands Heldenkönig,
Heil Deutschlands Heldenheer!

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Confirmed with Zeitgedichte von Friedrich Bodenstedt, Berlin: Franz Lipperheide, 1870, pages 27 - 28.


Text Authorship:

  • by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892), "Sedan" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Richard Müller (1830 - 1905), "Bei Sedan", op. 31 (Drei patriotische Chorgesänge (S. A. T. und B.)) no. 2, published 1874 [ SATB chorus ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2019-03-31
Line count: 20
Word count: 87

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