Ich Hatt' Einen Kameraden (i Had A Comrade) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBBB ACAAC ABAAB B BBBBB DECCE AAAA A B BFCCF GABBA GHBBI D| Ich hatt' einen Kameraden | A |
| Einen bessern findst du nit | B |
| Die Trommel schlug zum Streite | B |
| Er ging an meiner Seite | B |
| In gleichem Schritt und Tritt | B |
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| Eine Kugel kam geflogen | A |
| Gilt's mir oder gilt es dir | C |
| Ihn hat es weggerissen | A |
| Er liegt vor meinen F en | A |
| Als w r's ein St ck von mir | C |
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| Will mir die Hand noch reichen | A |
| Derweil ich eben lad' | B |
| 'Kann dir die Hand nicht geben | A |
| Bleib du im ew'gen Leben | A |
| Mein guter Kamerad | B |
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| I Had a Comrade | B |
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| In battle he was my comrade | B |
| None better I have had | B |
| The drum called us to fight | B |
| He always on my right | B |
| In step through good and bad | B |
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| A bullet it flew towards us | D |
| For him or meant for me | E |
| His life from mine it tore | C |
| At my feet a piece of gore | C |
| As if a part of me | E |
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| His hand reached up to hold mine | A |
| I must re load my gun | A |
| 'My friend I cannot ease your pain | A |
| In life eternal we'll meet again | A |
| And walk once more as one ' | - |
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| Translated by Frank Petersohn | A |
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| I Had a Comrade | B |
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| I had one faithful comrade | B |
| 'Ere we heard the trumpet's call | F |
| And we pledged our hearts forever | C |
| In battle joined together | C |
| To beat the foe or fall | F |
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| A musket shot came screaming | G |
| To seal his fate or mine | A |
| Right at my feet he stumbled | B |
| And friendship's shrine it crumbled | B |
| Around that friend of mine | A |
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| His hand is blindly seeking | G |
| The clasp I cannot give | H |
| For duty calls me onward | B |
| Farewell my dying comrade | B |
| Our love shall ever live | I |
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| Translated by Arthur Kevess | D |
Johann Ludwig Uhland
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