The Landsknecht drum
Trum, trum, terum tum tum , originally called The Landsknecht Drum, is a song by Walter Gättke from 1919 , which the poet wrote and set to music.
content
In terms of content, it is a soldier, yes war song:
- Dream, dream, terum tum tum,
- the mercenaries move around the country.
- Dream, dream, terum tum tum,
- with drums and humming.
Origin and Distribution
The song is one of the very first travel songs by Gättke, who was still unknown at the time of writing. He set the song to music to accompany the lute. In the German youth movement the song apparently first spread orally until the poet found a first print of his song in a Silesian newspaper. An inquiry from the author to the editorial team revealed that The Landsknecht Drum was one of the few surviving real songs from the Thirty Years' War . However, Gättke's authorship of the song is undisputed today. It can be found in numerous German songbooks from the 1920s to the present day, including ecclesiastical, National Socialist as well as Bundeswehr and school publications. In some cases, new stanzas were also composed, and a version by the CDU youth was published.
Recordings
In addition to a recording on which the poet accompanied himself to the lute a year before his death in 1966, there are others. The most popular comes from the Botho Lucas Choir , who made the song the title song of a long-playing record The Landsknecht Drum, published by Odeon in the 1960s . The album became so successful that a second episode was produced under the title. There were also various re-releases. Today the title is still available on CD.
Single receipts
- ^ W. Gättke: From my life, lecture December 1963
- ↑ http://www.deutscheslied.com/de/search.cgi?cmd=search&srch_Titel=T*&start=3250