CLASSIC LALE ANDERSEN 78 ORIGINAL OF LILI MARLEN HMV E+
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THIS IS AN EXCELLENT COPY OF THIS CLASSIC WAR TIME SONG FROM LALE ANDERSEN
LIED EINES JUNGEN WACHTPOSTENS (LILI MARLEN)
b/w DREI ROTEN ROSEN
"Lili Marleen" (a.k.a. "Lili Marlene", "Lily Marlene", "Lili Marlène" etc.) is a German love song, first recorded by Lale Andersen in 1939, which became very popular with both the Axis and the Western Allies during World War II. The poem was originally titled "Das Mädchen unter der Laterne" (German for "the girl under the lantern"), but it became famous as "Lili Marleen".
Lale Andersen (23 March 1905 – 29 August 1972) was a German chanson singer-songwriter born in Bremerhaven, Germany. She is best known for her interpretation of the song "Lili Marleen" in 1939, which became tremendously popular on both sides during the Second World War.
The words were written in 1915 during World War I by Hans Leip (1893-1983), a school teacher from Hamburg who had been conscripted into the Imperial German Army. Leip reportedly combined the names of his girlfriend and another female friend. The poem was later published as "Das Lied eines jungen Soldaten auf der Wacht" ("The Song of a Young Soldier on Guard Duty") in 1937 now with the two last (of five) verses added. It was set to music by Norbert Schultze in 1938. Tommie Connor later wrote English lyrics.
After the occupation of Belgrade in 1941, Radio Belgrade became the German forces' radio station under the name of Soldatensender Belgrad (Soldiers Radio Belgrad). It could be received throughout Europe and the Mediterranean. A lieutenant working at the station who was taking leave in Vienna was asked to collect some records to broadcast. Amongst a pile he obtained from a second hand shop was the little known two year old song "Lili Marleen" sung by Lale Andersen, which up to then had sold only around 700 copies. For lack of other recordings, Radio Belgrade played the song quite frequently. The Nazi government's propaganda minister, Joseph Goebbels, then ordered it to stop broadcasting the song. Radio Belgrade received many letters from Axis soldiers all over Europe asking them to play "Lili Marleen" again. Goebbels then reluctantly changed his mind and the tune was from then on signing off the broadcast at 9:55 PM.
Its popularity quickly grew. Soldiers stationed around the Mediterranean, including both German Afrika Korps and British Eighth Army troops, regularly tuned in to hear it. Erwin Rommel, the commander of the Afrika Korps, admired the song and asked Radio Belgrade to incorporate it into their broadcasts, which they did. Many Allied soldiers made a point of listening to it at the end of the day.
Vor der Kaserne vor dem groszligen Tor
stand eine Laterne
und steht sie noch davor
so woll'n wir uns da wiedersehn
bei der Laterne woll'n wir stehn
wie einst
Lili Marleen
wie einst
Lili Marleen.
Uns're beiden Schatten sah'n wie einer aus;
daß wir so lieb uns hatten
das sah man gleich daraus.
Und alle Leute soll'n es sehn
wenn wir bei der Laterne steh'n
wie einst
Lili Marleen
wie einst
Lili Marleen.
Schon rief der Posten: Sie blasen Zapfenstreich;
es kann drei Tage kosten! - Kam'rad
ich komm ja gleich.
Da sagten wir auf Wiedersehn.
Wie gerne wollt' ich mit dir gehn
mit dir
Lili Marleen
mit dir
Lili Marleen.
Deine Schritte kennt sie
deinen zieren Gang
alle Abend brennt sie
mich vergaß sie lang.
Und sollte mir eine Leids geschehn
wer wird bei der Laterne stehn
mit dir
Lili Marleen?
mit dir
Lili Marleen?
Aus dem stillen Raume
aus der Erde Grund
hebt mich wie im Traume dein verliebter Mund.
Wenn sich die spaumlten Nebel drehn
werd' ich bei der Laterne stehn
wie einst
Lili Marleen
wie einst
Lili Marleen
RECORD DETAILS:
UK HMV EXPORT EG 6993 10" 78rpm shellac
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