X: 1
T: Das Horst Wessel Lied
T: Die Fahne hoch
T: The Horst Wessel Song
C: Tune: Old soldier's song
%C: Words by Horst Wessel, 1927
Z: John Chambers <jc:trillian.mi.edu> 2009-11-03
N: The gaps before the 2nd half are often shortened.
N: A variant of an 18th-century ballad.
N: The Spanish song "Mi camisa azul" uses this melody.
N: The tune is distantly related to the hymn How Great Thou Art.
N: This is the version sung by Hitler's troops.
N: Many parodies of this song apeared in the 1920's and 30's.
M: 4/4
L: 1/4
K: C
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