D' ARTAGNAN feat. BLACKBRIAR - My Love's in Germany (Audio with Lyrics)

Publicado 2022-09-18

"My Love’s in Germany" (My Luve's in Germanie) is a poem written by Scottish poet Hector Macneill. It was first printed in 1794 and is the lament of a Scottish woman (Jeannie) for her lover. (Willie)

The song was re-published in 1885 by Colonel David Balfour as an Orkney melody composed by Colonel Thomas Traill around 1630. Traill (from Holland Farm, that is "the farm on the high land", in Papa Westray), was a soldier in the army of Gustavus Adolphus, also known as Germany Thomas, during the Thirty Years' War.

The tune was later used by Robert Burns for his song "Ye Jacobites by Name".

German folk-rock band D' Artagnan covered the song in 2022, together with Zora Cock from Blackbriar.

D' ARTAGNAN
Ben Metzner (also in Feuerschwanz) – Leadvocals, Bagpipe, Flutes
Tim Bernard – Vocals, Guitar
Felix Fischer – Vocals, Guiar, Bass

The song is about a young maiden praying her love returns safe from Germany where he is is fighting for the monarchy, but takes her own life after his passing.

My Love's in Germany: Lyrics

My love's in Germany, send him hame, send him hame
My love's in Germany, send him hame
My love's in Germany, fighting brave for royalty
He may ne'er his Jeannie see, send him hame

He's brave as brave can be, send him hame, send him hame
He's as brave as brave can be, send him hame
He's as brave as brave can be
He would rather fall than flee
But his life's so dear to me, send him hame

Send him hame, send him hame
All the Way from Germany
Send him hame, send him hame
My Love

Send him hame, send him hame
Send him hame, send him hame
He's as brave as brave can be
My Love‘s in Germany

Our foes are ten to three, send him hame, send him hame
Our foes are ten to three, send him hame
Our foes are ten to three, he would rather fall than flee
But his life's so dear to me, send him hame

Your love ne'er learnt to flee
Send him hame, send him hame
Oh, your love ne'er learnt to flee, send him hame
Your love ne'er learnt to flee
But he fell in Germany
Fighting Brave for royalty
Send him hame, send him hame
Fighting Brave for royalty, send him hame

He'll ne'er come o'er the sea
For Willie's slain, Willie's slain
Oh, this life‘s nay more for me for Willie's slain

CREDITS
Video by: 360graddesign.com
Director: Holger Fichtner
Camera: Patrick Schneiderwind
Focus puller: Luka Gruber
Costumes: Svenja Metzner & Katharina Gottschlig

MANY THANKS TO:
The electoral palace guard at Amberg
The historical group Stiber Fähnlein Sulzbach-Rosenberg (Sebastian Matheja, Thomas Aichner, Markus Wolf, Daniel Butz, Johannes Ostermann)
as well as Sven from "Deus Vult", Paul from "Vroudenspil, Mike Lohmann and Jöran Walther

Official Music Video: • dArtagnan, Zora Cock - My Love's in G...
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