Heil dir im Siegerkranz [rare 1910 recording] -English lyrics

-History
Heil dir im Siegerkranz, was the official anthem of the German empire from 1871 to 1918, replacing the Preußenlied, wich was the original anthem of Prussia. This record however, has combined both songs.
Heil dir im Siegerkranz
As mentioned above, this song used to be the offical anthem of the German empire. The melody of the song is very well known across the world. Countries like Austria and Britain even made their own renditions of the song. Allthough this song was made for German unification, some of it's lyrics and the melody itself, date all the way back to the 1700s.
Preußenlied
The Preußenlied was the former anthem of the kingdom of Prussia. After German unification in 1871, the Prussians tried to push for the Preußenlied becoming the offical anthem of the newly formed German empire. This ofcourse failed due to it's strong connection to the Kingdom of Prussia, and the opposition of Southern German kingdoms. This song replaced the song called Borussia as the national anthem of Prussia, and was succeeded by "Heil dir im Siegerkranz"
-The quality of the record
unfortunately I did not record this record myself. All credits of the audio go to / @duckcalculator
We both like collecting records and every now and then he allows me to make music videos of his beautiful collection, but he doesn't have the equipment to record digitally like I do.
Somewhere in the future there will be a improved audio recording of this song, wich you can find here when the re-upload has been made:
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-The record:
Heil dir im Siegerkranz / Homokord records
Heinrich Harries & Bernard Thiersch/ M 15438
Performed by: *Unknown. "Orchester mit Gesang"
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-Disclaimer:
I record shellac records, upload them on youtube and tell a bit of history. I was not the creator of this song.
I do not promote any type of idiology, hate or anything of the sort. This video is made to educate people about history through old music.

[@novabrabantia]

Hi there, unfortunately I made a little oopsie with this one. I had no idea there was a Germanised version of the Preußenlied, so I used the wrong lyrics as reference. I also did not know that the Heil dir im Siegerkranz version was already uploaded on the internet before I did. Regardless, the record itself is pretty rare.
My sincere apologies for the mistakes.

[@ronanferguson4451]

Amazing video

[@lukefriesenhahn8186]

This has such an epic video cover. Bismarck on the right, the epic royal standard of Monarchist Germany on the left, the German Empire's flag fazed in the back, Prussian soldiers march in the back... It truly looks beautiful to a man of German descent who appreciates Monarchy.
As for the song, it is a relic from a more civilized age...

[@novabrabantia]

I'm glad you like it! I tried my best with the thumbnail because I want to move away from the basic "country map with a background" template I've been going for all the time. More thumbnails like this will come in the future 👌

[@lukefriesenhahn8186]

@@novabrabantia Your welcome.

[@Dawsonguidroz8538]

Also the red and blue people are french pows

[@USSFFRU]

Rare is an understatement, this shit is mythical!

[@TinPanMan_REAL]

Never heard it with lyrics this is a crazy find

[@cortexradio]

This one has Preußenlied too! Makes it even better!

[@Duckcalculator]

If you guys don’t watch this you’re silly. 🎉

[@MatthewDeanCrabb]

Why is the first stanza so identical to God Save The King?

[@wareagle1914]

Another good video!

[@abowtineveta64322]

Kaiserwilhem 1701-1920

[@blackbuilder7145]

Btw it’s “Ich bin ein Deutscher” not “Preuße” cuz it’s the German version not the Prussian version. For the colors of the flag the Prussian version is “weiß und schwarz” (white and black) but for the German version it’s supposed to be “schwarz-weiß-rot” (black-white-red)
🤓 🤓

[@novabrabantia]

I had no idea it had a "Germanised" version. It sounds so familiar to the original for non German speakers

[@blackbuilder7145]

@@novabrabantia yea apparently they made a German version so that it's not Prussian exclusive ig (?)

[@YourLocalNewJerseyian]

Chinggis Khaani Tsergiin Duu has some competition.

[@Majora_2010]

Please reupload this in better quality

[@novabrabantia]

I would love to but unfortunately I cannot. I tried a lot stuff in order to improve the quality, but the record itself is just so poor. Sadly they recorded it with a lot of echo back in the day. If I somehow figure out how to improve the quality of the audio I will definitely do!

[@Majora_2010]

You said in the description that it wasn't digitized, Could the improve the quality at all?

[@Duckcalculator]

@@Majora_2010I’ll try my best to re-record it.

[@Majora_2010]

@onlinejokester thank you. I really like this recording and I feel like it deserves to be preserved In better quality.

[@Duckcalculator]

@@Majora_2010 I collect antique machines generally and don’t have Nova’s normal tech. I did re-record it but he doesn’t think it’s worth the reupload, the quality isn’t much better with the electric machine.

[@abowtineveta64322]

Prußßi@