Wir wollen unseren alten Kaiser Wilhelm wiederhaben | We want our old Emperor Wilhelm Back again

This version is short So The Fehrbelliner Reitermarsch, also known as the Kaiser Wilhelm March, is a cavalry march. It was composed in 1893 by the royal Prussian music director Richard Henrion as one of four fanfare marches; the other three marches were the Crusader Fanfare, Hie guet Brandenburg allewege! and Unter dem Sparrenschild. It is the regimental march of various units of the German armed forces. Since the end of the German Empire in 1918, it has been sung as a popular song with the line “We want our old Kaiser Wilhelm back“, and the further text “but the one with the beard, with the long beard“ made it clear that the subtext refers to Wilhelm I (1797–1888).The Fehrbelliner Reitermarsch is referred to in this context as the Kaiser Wilhelm March
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