Ich Hatt’ Einen Kameraden [German + English Lyrics]

Ich Hatt’ Einen Kameraden [German English Lyrics] Der guter Kamerad“ (“The Good Comrade“), also known by its incipit as “Ich hatt’ einen Kameraden“ (“I had a comrade“), is a traditional lament of the German armed forces. The text was written by German poet Ludwig Uhland in 1809. Its immediate inspiration was the deployment of Badener troops against the Tyrolean Rebellion. In 1825, the composer Friedrich Silcher set it to music, based on the tune of a Swiss folk song. “The Good Comrade“ still plays an important ceremonial role in the German armed forces and is an integral part of a military funeral, continuing a tradition started at some point around 1871. The song has also become traditional in obsequies of the Military of Austria and the Austrian firebrigades. __________________________________________________________ DISCLAIMER: This video is not intended to glorify or support Nazism or any other ideology presented in the