Prayer Before Battle Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEDFGHIJBKLDMNDOP QRST| The troops are singing fervently each for himself | A |
| God protect me from misfortune | B |
| Father Son and Holy Spirit | C |
| That no grenades strike me | D |
| That the bastards our enemies | E |
| Do not catch me do not shoot me | D |
| That I don't die like a dog | F |
| For the dear fatherland | G |
| Look I would like to go on living | H |
| Milk cows bang girls | I |
| And beat the bastard Sepp | J |
| Get drunk often | B |
| Until my blessed death | K |
| Look I eagerly and gladly recite | L |
| Seven rosaries daily | D |
| If you God in your grace | M |
| Would kill my friend Huber or Meier | N |
| And not me | D |
| But if the worst should come | O |
| Let me not be too badly wounded | P |
| Send me a slight leg wound | Q |
| A small injury to the arm | R |
| So that I may return as a hero | S |
| With a story to tell | T |
Alfred Lichtenstein
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