Ich hatt’ einen Kameraden

“Der gute Kamerad“ (“The good Comrade“), also known as “I had a comrade“, is a traditional lament of the German Armed Forces. The text was written by the German poet Ludwig Uhland in 1809. In 1825, the composer Friedrich Silcher set it to music. “The Good Comrade“ plays an important ceremonial role in the German Armed Forces and is an integral part of a military funeral. The song is often played on Volkstrauertag, the German Remembrance Day, at memorials for the fallen. I have also found the song in an o