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Germans song by piano virtuose

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  1. Skipper

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    you got to hand it the germans skipper,there were some very rousing marching songs,that would lift morale and concentrate the mind,ray..
     
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    Not only marching songs, some were adapted from poems, they are more like tradition and many existed befroe the 3rd Reich and/or are still sung nowadays.
     
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    heres the song lyrics to panzerlied,maybe time for a singalong!

    Whether it storms or snows
    Whether the sun shines upon us
    The day burning hot
    Or the night freezing cold
    Dusty are our faces
    But happy we are at heart
    We're at heart
    Our tank roars ahead
    Along with the storm wind

    With thundering engines
    Fast as a lightning bolt
    The enemy engaging
    Within our armor plates
    Come on comrades
    In the battle, all alone
    We stand all alone
    That's how we strike deep
    Into the enemy's ranks

    When an enemy tank
    Appears ahead of us
    Full throttle is given
    And we close with the foe
    What value then is our life
    For the army of our nation
    Yes army of our nation
    For to die for Germany
    Is our highest honour

    With obstacles and tanks
    The enemy blocks our path
    We laugh about it
    And simply pass them by
    And if we are threatened by guns
    Hidden in the yellow sand
    In the yellow sand
    We find ourselves a path
    That no one else found

    And if we are abandoned
    By that unfaithful luck
    And if we don't return
    To our homeland again
    If a bullet strikes us down
    If our fate calls upon us
    Yes our fate upon us
    Then for us the tank will be
    An honorable grave.

    Ob's stürmt oder schneit,
    Ob die Sonne uns lacht
    Der Tag glühend heiß
    Oder eiskalt die Nacht
    Bestaubt sind die Gesichter
    Doch froh ist unser Sinn
    Ist unser Sinn
    Es braust unser Panzer
    Im Sturmwind dahin

    Mit donnernden Motoren
    Geschwind wie der Blitz
    Dem Feinde entgegen
    Im Panzer geschützt
    Voraus den Kameraden
    Im Kampf steh'n wir allein
    Steh'n wir allein
    So stoßen wir tief
    In die feindlichen Reihn

    Wenn vor uns ein feindliches
    Heer dann erscheint
    Wird Vollgas gegeben
    Und ran an den Feind!
    Was gilt denn unser Leben
    Für unsres Reiches Heer?
    Ja Reiches Heer?
    Für Deutschland zu sterben
    Ist uns höchste Ehr.

    Mit Sperren und Minen
    Hält der Gegner uns auf
    Wir lachen darüber
    Und fahren nicht drauf
    Und droh'n vor uns Geschütze
    Versteckt im gelben Sand
    Im gelben Sand
    Wir suchen uns Wege
    Die keiner sonst fand

    Und läßt uns im Stich
    Einst das treulose Glück
    Und kehren wir nicht mehr
    Zur Heimat zurück
    Trifft uns die Todeskugel
    Ruft uns das Schicksal ab
    Ja Schicksal ab
    Dann wird uns der Panzer
    Ein ehernes Grab.
     
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    thanks for that skipper...
     
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    yes ray.. i can remember those words easilly ... ill get me ukalele.
     
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    Banjos,Ukaleles are there no end to you talents or are you really a one man band:D
     
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    dont want to hijack but its a ww2 dad thing played em in ships mess taught me comb and jews harp too.
     
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    duelling banjo's urqh! da,da,da,da,dah!!!!!!
     
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    Back to the topic guys
     
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    yeah s orry skip.. iwas really leading into the wording that sniper provided. the militaristic music thing to 1 entertain troops etc..white cliffs...glen miller stuff. the pop of its time was one thing..happy slappy if you like.. then there are the jingoistic sort..brits and yanks had their historical and great almost masterpieces..rule brittania..land of hoe..glory glory etc.etc.. but the haunting music aside.. the words to german equivalents always amaze me this one inclded and shows the worst side as well as the best side of that countries musical abilities and traits.
     

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