Kaiserjäger march

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The Kaiserjägermarsch (Original: Mir sein die Kaiserjager , Heeresmarsch II, 141) is the traditional march of the Tyrolean Kaiserjäger and the Austrian and German mountain troops .

In 1898 Karl Mühlberger took over the direction of the regimental music of the 1st Tyrolean Jägerregiment in Innsbruck and composed this march in 1914. With the Kaiserjägermarsch , op. 42, he created one of the most famous old Austrian military marches. The text for the trio to became in 1911 the lieutenant of the regiment Max Depolo written. In this form, the march remained popular over time. He is particularly in contact with the original Tyrolean Kaiserjägermusik, which upholds the tradition of the kuk Kaiserjägermusikkapellen.

In 1933, the German army officially took over the Kaiserjägermarsch as No. 141 in the German army music collection. From 1957 until its dissolution in 2001, the march was the traditional march of the 1st Mountain Division in southern Germany. It is still firmly anchored in the tradition of the German mountain troops and is very often performed at their public appearances. Officially, it was the traditional march of the Military District Command IV until its dissolution .

However, this march continues to enjoy its greatest fame and popularity in Tyrol , where it can be found in almost every marching book of the band. Furthermore, there is also an Kaiserjäger march by Hermann J. Schneider , which is also still played today.

Original text of the Kaiserjägerlied by Max Depolo

1.
We hunters let out
a joyful, mighty song,
and it should apply to all
scattered in the north and south.

In the east and in the west,
where our flag flies:
|: We are among the best
as long as 'loyalty' lasts! : |

If you see us, everyone
and everything runs and runs:
|: That be the Kaiserjäger
from the first (II. III. IV.) Regiment! : |

2.
If we march out
into the wide, open field,
and drill tightly there,
everyone will like it;

the girls
always like to watch us ,
|: and everyone wants
to go to Jägersbua in silence . : |

At night there is a fine Drahrer,
with everyone running:
|: We are the Kaiserjäger
From the first (II. III. IV.) Regiment! : |

3.
When we stand in front of the enemy
with swollen chests,
everything must go to pieces
with our lust for battle;

there is no switch with us,
we stand man for man,
|: strong like the German oaks that
no one can break. : |

Some people fall down,
the bullet burns in their hearts:
|: He dies as an emperor hunter
From the first (II. III. IV.) Regiment! : |

(Note: Text in Tyrolean dialect ; when used as a divisional march of the 1st Mountain Division of the German Federal Armed Forces, “Kaiserjäger” was replaced by “Alpenjäger” in the last paragraph and “From the first regiment” by “The first division”.)

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