To this earth

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After this earth is the title of a three-part canon , which became known in particular through the workers and peace movement during the Cold War . The German text is by Gerd Kern, the melody was composed by Don McLean .

Reception and text variants

The song is based on the four-part canon By the Waters of Babylon by the English composer Philip Hayes .

Don McLean rewrote this into a three-part canon. This was translated into a German version by Gerd Kern and is also known as the "peace canon" or "song against the neutron bomb". The music educational event “ Class! We sing ”, among other things, used this canon to get children excited about singing. The song belongs to the repertoire of many choirs. The German text can have slightly different content.

To this earth

After this earth there would be none that would be a dwelling for a person.
Therefore respect people and ensure that they remain so!
To whom would she be a monument when she quietly drives the sun?

After this earth there would be none that is called a man's future '.
So respect people and make sure that they remain so!
Who would she still be home to when she quietly drives the sun?

To this earth English By the Waters of Babylon

After this earth there would be none that would be a dwelling for a person.
That is why people respect and strive to keep them that way!
To whom would she be a monument when she quietly drives the sun?

Audio sample "Class! We sing "2007:

By the waters, the waters, of Babylon.
We lay down and wept, and wept, for thee Zion.
We remember, thee remember, thee remember, thee Zion.

Audio sample Don McLean:

literature

  • After this earth there would be none (song against the neutron bomb) . In: Siegfried Flügel (Ed.): New songs sounding. Songs of the singing movement: pioneer, youth and Folk songs in new movements . 10th episode. People and Knowledge, Berlin 1981, p. 14 .
  • Andreas Wickel, Julian Oswald, Petra Hügel, Stefan Daubner, Georg Allescher, Friedrich Neumann: After this earth / By the Waters of Babylon . In: Songbook 5/6 . Schott Music, Mainz / Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-7957-0923-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bettina Alberti: Consequences of the war: Living with the Cold War, living with the division of Germany . In: Seelische Trümmer: Born in the 50s and 60s: The post-war generation in the shadow of the war trauma. With an afterword by Anna Gamma . Kösel-Verlag, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-641-04845-7 ( books.google.de ).
  2. ^ Philip Hayes: Canons in the Unison . In: The muses delight: catches, glees, canzonets, and canons . Harrison and Co., London 1786, p. 105 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ class! Wir Singen 2007 Live Audio CD Track 14 After this earth there would be none. youtube.com, accessed August 12, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Don McLean - Waters of Babylon. youtube.com, accessed August 12, 2019 .