Der alte Dessauer - The Enemy Below singsong

this is the Der alte Dessauer but i took the footage from the film The Enemy Below and extended it to make the full song hope you like it :)
To you, my friend, and you, my friend, and all of us together;
Here's a toast to life and to laughter and song.
Good beer, my friend, good cheer, my friend, through every kind of weather;
Make the welkin ring as we sing loud and strong.
Fill up the flowing steins again with foam on every lip;
We'll give a skol and shout "Jawohl!" in lasting fellowship.
And when we eye a Lorelei with captivating ways,
May we drink to love all our Livelong days.
Jawohl! Jawohl!

[@luftwaffercommand09]

"This man is dying". "He is my friend".

[@adambrady9989]

We sang this after we boarded the U-505 in Chicago, the tour guide thought we were nuts. Submariners are all the same regardless of what flag you served under.

[@seanhuds229]

I was never a submariner, but served with a few who later went on to be so. Nothing but respect for them.

[@mariocisneros911]

YAVOH.

[@ick423]

If I was there...I would have wholeheartedly joined in my friend.

[@renateweidtmann7573]

Jawoll !!

[@warrenblum3104]

I worked with a guy in s fl that was on a us navy nuclear sub. It was years ago when the Russian sub sunk and killed all their submarinors. My friend had tears in his eyes. Same sentiments. Thanks for making remember that

[@andyl9740]

The Enemy Below ranks with the best of the American produced WWII movies. The scene at the end where Jurgen's and Mitchum's characters meet each other face to face after they'd been trying to kill each other is heavy with respect rather than hatred.

[@richieb.6558]

In the 60s they made a star trek with the same idea federation v the invisible Klingon ship that was the submarine part.

[@andyl9740]

Balance of Terror was the episode. The actor who portrayed the Romulan commander was Mark Lenard who later played Spock's father Sarek. I missed the first run because television wasn't convenient where I was at the time.

[@speckspeck]

OH OH YEAH, RIGHT

[@miklosernoehazy8678]

@@andyl9740 ...that is one of my favorite episodes... ...I had occasion to meet Mark Leonard at a charity premier of the first Star Trek motion picture, and asked him about why he did the episode. He said that he liked how they adapted the story of The Enemy Below', and he felt he could put in a good prefomance as the Romulan Commander...

[@miklosernoehazy8678]

...that scene, as originally shot, ended with the U-boat Captain dying. It did not test well with preview audiences, so they reshot the scene as we see it now, and it did much better with audience responses at further test screenings...

[@mikebrzostowski8183]

One of the greatestt ww2 movies of all time. I was 8 years old when I first saw this movie and I love it to this day. I'm 68 years old and it shows the respect one has for an enemy that had honor and duty to his country, This is shown when they saluted one another. The end on the stern of the destroyer is a classic. "I didn't know, next time I won't throw u the rope". I think u will". What class.

[@ronaldrobertson2332]

Aww, they cut out the scene where Mitchum's crew is hearing this come over the hydophones, his XO exclaiming. "They're having a ball down there!" Wonderful scene.

[@robertfish4052]

Oohh they're hearing us alright.

[@johndean4765]

Ronald Robertson this is a truly great song so emotional .The scene captures perfectly the camaraderie of men in that situation of potentially losing their lives but rallying together. Curt Jurgen plays the role of Captain to perfection.

[@tomfuller4205]

Was a great movie.

[@lucagriglio8253]

We need a crossover with "Hunt for Red October" when Jonesy says: "I heard them sing" :)

[@princessmarshellaaur]

I feel like random out-of-place singing scenes are ALWAYS essential for every submarine movie.

[@SuperDarkSamurai1]

love this song. an example of boosting moral and Camaraderie

[@arslongavitabrevis5136]

I watched this film nearly 50 years ago when I was 13. What a wonderful film! No political messages or the usual, vile anti-German propaganda. All of them, Americans and Germans, were brave men during their best. Robert Mitchum and Curd Jurgens performances were brilliant. The song reflects the tremendous patriotism and idealism of the German sailors. Out of nearly 40.000 submariners, 28.000 died in combat during WW2. They had the highest casualty rate (75%) of the German Armed Forces.

[@Sommerchan]

To you, my friend, and you, my friend, And all of us together. Here's a toast to life and to laughter and song. Good cheer, my friend; good cheer, my friend In every kind of weather Make the welkin ring as we sing loud and strong. Fill up the flowing steins again with foam on every lip. We'll raise a skoll and shout jawohl in lasting fellowship And when we eye a lorelei with captivating ways May we drink to love all our live-long days.

[@pwb0511]

Thanks, I wanted to learn this but the words are a little hard to understand!

[@oldbobg]

@@pwb0511Did you know Hollywood writers wrote the lyrics to this? It is an old German melody that the writers abused with their work

[@michaelwackers6475]

@@oldbobg Not abused at all. Great adaptation & Hollywood naval version of German soldiers' song "So leben wir, so leben wir, so leben wir alle Tage in der allerschoensten Saufkompanie". Melody: Der Dessauer Marsch (1706).

[@100texan2]

Ya volt!

[@100texan2]

You forgot to use word “Nazi” before fellowship. Why ?

[@tingmarc]

"Next time we fight side by side"

[@MrAndreabgn]

Or they simply meet side by side. As it even happened between American and Japanese after WWII.

[@deborahharris6274]

A great movie! Well acted! Also shows the good people on both sides.

[@TheAdmirableAdmiral]

im a boomer now, but as a 14 year old armature historian this was the movie that taught me about depth charges and torpedo spreads. my grandad fought for the Axis navies and its reassuring to see such chivalry between adversaries. i hope this will be the case in future wars.

[@irasaposnik6511]

wow, exactly the same memory with my dad when I was a kid That's Theodore Bikel who plays Heinie, I had the pleasure of meeting him twenty years ago. A great Jewish singer and actor. There were no bad guys in this movie. He was quite a guy.

[@davidhalterman578]

I love this film. I saw it first run in 1957 when I was 10 at the Collegian Theater in downtown Ames, Iowa.

[@owenmccarthy2521]

One of the best WWII movies, besides the longest day, and twelve o'clock high, and yes Kelly's Heros.

[@thomashambly3718]

What about bridge on the river kwai

[@miklosernoehazy8678]

...Das Boot... ...("Put on the Tipperary song!")...

[@georgeadams5390]

DAS BOOT!

[@benhur4154]

@@miklosernoehazy8678 I believe its, "The Tipperary song, if you don't mind!" 😉

[@renejackson7652]

"In Harms Way".

[@bucknel8110]

Caught this movie on cable the other night during a tribute to Robert Mitchum. It brought back a lot of fond memories from watching WW II movies while growing up! The song was definitely a HIGHLIGHT! Thanks!

[@Blazer0079]

Possibly one of my favorite memories growing up was watching this movie with my dad and singing this song when it came on with him.A Classic movie if there ever was one.And A Good lesson that Not all in the "Evil Empire" are actually evil.

[@VunderGuy]

Cool. How do you square away the fact that they still did and deserved to die like pig dogs? XD

[@mnaglich]

Who deserved to die like pig dogs, the allies?

[@josephbuckley1574]

This film came out in '57 - I must have seen it in the early '60's and this song 'So Leben Wir' has stuck in my mind ever since. What a joy to hear it again!

[@zurgesmiecal]

@@groyperofgondor9615 US empire

[@ravaabyee1]

A wonderful song

[@oldbobg]

Thank the Hollywood writers who wrote the lyrics to old German piece

[@yyyh412]

When this COVID mess is over and I can go back to my favourite haunt, I will sing this as a toast

[@johndean4765]

Dj jon Paul what mess are you talking about ?It's almost 3 years since the so called pandemic started surely if you done enough research you will realise that the whole thing was pre planned at least 15years ago none of those restrictions were needed.

[@thisissaah_4101]

An animatic introduced me to this song. It’s long gone now, but I wanna give that credit.

[@Dexterluckful]

This video and song scores a direct hit. Schon gut!

[@mikecimerian6913]

Not so silent service. I love that scene. Thank you. Hunt For Red October stole that scene. :-)

[@heinzzingen3017]

Singing is good for morale and they sure needed some at this point! Thank you for posting!!

[@DonCarlosHormozi]

Thanks for extending it....very nice. Memories.

[@johnadams-wp2yb]

One of the best war movies.

[@languagetruthandlogic3556]

To me this shows the noble, courageous and loyal spirit of the fighting man in contrast to the lying and untrustworthy politicians and religious leaders who set them against each other. True lions led by donkeys.

[@johndean4765]

So those brave men died for nothing on all sides

[@MsMutt1]

One of my favorite movies ever. Thank you!!

[@OfficialNightshadeGaming]

anytime

[@johnburgan1243]

So Leben wir

[@davidcasner3026]

Thanks for including the lyrics in the information. Always wondered what all the words were that I wasn't sure about.

[@19thunderball57]

love this song. Been looking for this a long time. Great job!

[@OfficialNightshadeGaming]

thanks very much :)

[@OfficialNightshadeGaming]

thanks very much :)

[@ernstbecker1]

Stay in shape .Jawhol !

[@geoffwilliams4478]

"He's having a ball down there 😯."

[@staticfanatic6361]

Now, all we're missing is a Japanese crew singing in defiance of a ship of those forked tongued Ameicans !

[@macekreislahomes1690]

Me, my brothers, and the boys every time things start looking hopeless be like:

[@macekreislahomes1690]

Looks like we still have a Cammando Squad like Clone Force 99. Good thing we joined the Mandalorian Galatic Republic Alliance. May peace and The Force be with you.

[@michaelwalter3399]

I can imagine these guys celebrating the end of a successful combat sortie in a bar in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, lifting those flowing steins and singing this song.

[@jwafterours]

this is a homerun! good job.

[@klinej54]

Von Stolberg : I should have died many times, Captain, but I continue to survive somehow. This time it was your fault.Captain Murrell : I didn't know. Next time I won't throw you the rope.Von Stolberg : I think you will.

[@liketocriticize2210]

I think you will.

[@johndean4765]

Jeffrey kline what a great film and the dialogue between the two Captain's that you mention was well written and very moving.

[@danielbuharp2600]

I like the way this was done you did a good job

[@kystars]

As the movie DAS BOOT states correctly , 40,000 men served in U-BOATS. only 10,000 returned safe. 30,000 dead. US U-boats (submarines) were very successful against the Japanese in world war 2 and had pinned their ships to just the coast line in the final 6 months of the war. Japan was stubborn and would not surrender , causing more and more death among its people.

[@OfficialNightshadeGaming]

I'd like to say thanks to everyone who has watched and commented on this video, please let me know if there is any other songs you'd like me to make regarding the wars or any other conflict

[@seansky2721]

"Wo Matrosin Sind" is fine WW II German Navy song. Make it so!

[@bryanphillips8143]

They fought, they lost. They thought they were right.

[@user-kb4jz4my7h]

Did anyone else notice that when the sub surfaces, the model used to portray the DE on fire, there are no sailors shown abandoning ship? Today that would be handled by CGI.

[@frederickgates4349]

Absolutely fantastic

[@warrenblum3104]

God help but I love this

[@pizzaplanettruck9761]

If I were the guy listening to that on the destroyer escort I would've been singing it with them

[@lorindion6836]

Imagine: this movie was produced just 11 years after WWII and THIS movie is more fair then the most today produced WWII movies and these guyes maybe foughted in this war or lost a beloved. I have HUGE respect to these actors, to the ressigeur and the producer. Greetings from germany, in hope of beeing friends forever. But don't forgett: It's only a World War if Germany is starting it.

[@LongJ22]

Germany did not start ww1...

[@OfficialNightshadeGaming]

thanks everyone :) one of my favourite films and also my favourite song :) being half German I grew up to this song :).........proves that not all Germans where bad people, just forced to fight

[@ernstbecker1]

+mrDJMIA Das icht eien krieg.

[@ernstbecker1]

Not if you're sinking in a U Boat.

[@ernstbecker1]

Your quote belongs on their tombstones.

[@Andrew-13579]

US submariners did the same thing. They weren’t bloodthirsty. They didn’t enjoy killing. They simply had a job to do and had the right kind of guts and brains to be able to do it well. Any joy they had was simply a joy of accomplishing their job and living another day, helping to bring the war to an end so they could go home. Having a good boat helped. But all submariners were simply hunters. Their prey was shipping. The goal: kill ships. Sink them, as quickly and efficiently as possible. The way to do that was with powerful, high-explosive torpedoes. A spread of them that would leave the prey with little chance of escape. Unfortunately, that was very deadly to sailors on the boats. That’s war. Likewise, destroyers and destroyer escorts had a job to sink submarines as rapidly and efficiently as possible. Which was very unhealthy for the submariners. Many times torpedos blasted ships so vigorously and sank them so fast there were few survivors. And they couldn’t hang around to help survivors. They couldn’t afford to. A submarine commander’s job was to sink ships and never be detected. A single submarine on patrol didn’t have a friend in the world. To surface ships, every submarine was an enemy, as there was no time or good way to ask if they were a good periscope or a bad periscope. And therefore, every surface ship was an enemy. Never let anyone see you, was the rule they had to live by. Getting to within torpedo range was very risky. Like hunting large game animals with a bow and arrow...maybe with Rambo’s explosive-tipped arrows. If you missed, you might be faced with trying to escape a charging rhino. Not healthy. You could be up a tree and hoping the rhino can’t break the tree down. Takes nerve. As well, hunting a submarine with a destroyer might be something like trying to kill a scorpion with a steak knife. You’d prefer to have a long stick.

[@johndean4765]

Official Nightshade though I am English I found the scene of the German crew singing that rousing song amazing.Perhaps the most moving in the history of cinema.So morale boosting ,so much camaraderie. It was the perfect song to lift the crew's spirits.

[@user-lr8dt1in6z]

戦争とはいかに意味のない愚行なのか。それを思い知らせてくれる名画。

[@MrNoneofthisisreal]

Governments cause this shit.

[@jwafterours]

good job. great tune. they don't make men or music like that anymore.

[@oldbobg]

The name of this is Der Alte Dessauer

[@hattrick8684]

If I’m not mistaken it’s solely an instrumental, the lyrics are just a Biergarten addition. Which wasn’t too uncommon. A lot of songs back in the day didn’t have lyrics, and you need to sing when drinking.

[@adambrady9989]

They should have made this movie a musical !

[@themandalorian6999]

I'm listening to this in my car and it turned into a German U-boat

[@michaelwackers6475]

Great adaptation & Hollywood naval version of German soldiers' song "So leben wir, so leben wir, so leben wir alle Tage in der allerschoensten Saufkompanie". Melody: "Der Dessauer Marsch" aka "Der Alte Dessauer" (1706).

[@BellaZuikaku4785]

Lol, this is so me playing that song in World of Warships when I’m sailing on the Bismarck and Kurfurst

[@robertfish4052]

Yay, it's Bank Holiday and I just sang along too. 😄

[@robertfish4052]

This is what beer songs are made of.

[@studiosnch]

For some reason the English lyrics sound better than the original German ones. I mean, the German lyrics go to the theme of "So we live all days in the drinking company: mornings with rum, lunches with beer, and evenings with the Mägdelein (young girl) in the sleeping quarters."

[@Sommerchan]

Thank you so much, I love that song, and I love the movie. I wonder what sort of world we will be having now, had Germany and America been allies and fought together. Just imagine.

[@OfficialNightshadeGaming]

anytime dude :)

[@hiramlopez1121]

Operation Paper Clip......so you don't have to imagine...

[@rockshards6714]

smart man. not many people know that

[@j.4332]

Not really likely.Why would America ally itself with the Nazis?Im glad we had the Russians.

[@ijnfleetadmiral]

It would never have happened, though I have to admit, a shot of the USS Iowa and the Bismarck sailing side-by-side would have been quite cool to see.

[@ag2938]

Deutsche U-Bootfahrer die ein deutsches Lied in Englisch singen, gibt es nur in Hollywood.

[@MrNoneofthisisreal]

And in my head! Prost!

[@lousarmento1127]

Exciting movie, but the singing scene with a destroyer above and about to depth charge them ? Only in Hollywood !

[@marksuszko1427]

I swear, when I was a kid in the 60's, some beer company used this song in a TV commercial, it was for a smaller brand, regional to the Chicago area. Does ANYBODY ELSE REMEMBER this commercial, and is there a youtube link to it, because I have some long-standing bets this would help me win.

[@dmasamitsu7720]

If you are talking about the Old Milwaukee beer commercials where there are Germans on an airline singing a song about Old Milwaukee and commenting that they would “never have the courage to name a beer ‘Old Munich’…”, yes I remember it. The song is similar to this but shorter and not the same song. I grew up in Chicago’s North Shore in the 1960s. The major “local” beers were Old Milwaukee, Hamms, Pabst Blue Ribbon, and Old Style beer. For many decades Budweiser was driven nuts by an inability to dominate the Chicago Area pub beer market as it did in other cities. Old Style Beer and the others above would clobber them in sales.

[@commanderfox4183]

There having a ball down there

[@pavlistarvmterramater3579]

Der alte dessauer

[@sewerynlewandowski8577]

Don't forget that ordinary people were dying on both sides

[@libbymiles4165]

Lp ds Uuuuuyuuooiyuuuyuopop

[@shadydu30]

0:20 Curd Jurgens 😍super acteur dans un très grand film (Torpilles sous l'Atlantique) dont ce passage est particulièrement prenant

[@heatherporterfield7343]

The German version of giving someone the "finger."

[@MrNoneofthisisreal]

Manly behavior.

[@OfficialNightshadeGaming]

Now at over 50,000!?!?!? Wow let's go for 100,000?

[@magnum3.14]

In the German dub of the movie they sang German lyrics (which were probably made up)

[@frederickgates4349]

I long to see that happen saludos

[@mikebrzostowski8183]

Can't you see this man is dieing, "he is my friend". Why can't we learn?

[@alpspitz1]

Gruss Gott nach dem U boot menner Best wishes from Engeland Good song by the way ( german, of course )

[@oldbobg]

Hollywood writers of screen play wrote words. This is not a NAZI musical piece

[@BigRedSoxFan]

Is this the only verse of the song? Never really knew the lyrics to it. Has good meaning to it as well.

[@nelsonsack2694]

I can't find the point where it loops.

[@tommymaher959]

Send this to the white house

[@OfficialNightshadeGaming]

definitely lol

[@robertfish4052]

In lasting fellowship.

[@paulmimms9400]

There haveing a ball down there lol

[@davidbuyny6450]

My Grandfather used to sing that song in pa now he is dead and gone what is the name of it so i can get a copy.

[@tthomaselli2]

Is there a version of this song with the lyrics/etc. on KZbin?...

[@g.castagno1715]

Search the net for "so leben wir, so leben wir ..." and you find the original 200+ years old German lyrics

[@tthomaselli2]

@@g.castagno1715- Thanks.

[@michaelgreco7597]

The original music has lyrics. Must have been written for the movie.

[@oldbobg]

You are correct. Hollywood writers wrote lyrics using Der Alte Dessauer

[@OfficialNightshadeGaming]

WTF OVER 1000 VIEWS??? AWESOME

[@slobama]

How many times was this scene repeated in this video?

[@j.4332]

Most U Boat crews are still at the bottom of the sea..i doubt they gave much clemency to the merchantmen they killed.May 43 they were defeated.

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

@Jack the Gestapo I read that in the Indian ocean a Japanese submarine had sunk a ship that was carrying troops.The destroyers didn't stop to rescue the survivors but started to launch depth charges killing more survivors.They finally sank the submarine.If i am not wrong it was IJN submarine I-27.

[@OfficialNightshadeGaming]

wow over 15,000 views :)

[@robertfish4052]

call it what you want. i bet they got pissed after that. rob mitchum, depth charges= bar fighting with the director.

[@mrbecker7628]

me during the covid lockdown

[@avBToo]

The Hunt For Red October echoes this scene as Ramius (Sean Connery)'s crew sings the Soviet Anthem as they disappear into the depths, and the American listen, mystified. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4jOfaKFq9Jlj9E

[@j.4332]

Did we all forget that those U Boats were sinking convoys destined for the UK?That the 2nd front couldnt be launched until the U Boats had been beaten?I like this film,but overplays the "brothers in arms" aspect.Im sure Mitchums character would really have done his best to kill the krauts.

[@mikeisteinmongozwei5434]

The world would be better if the u-boats succeded. England isn't called the perfidious albion for no reason.

[@Quinterka]

a

[@OfficialNightshadeGaming]

like u then lol

[@OfficialNightshadeGaming]

WTF?!!? 600 views?!?!? YEY :')

[@leone.6190]

Is this the englisch "Das Boot" rip off?

[@jodypitt3629]

He meant in 'lasting fellowship', not Nazi, they were not all like the sadists some have painted them to be.

[@nicholasroberts6954]

Have always wondered what that sound was coming from the Whitehouse basement

[@speckspeck]

PLEASE , no ruining a good Deutshland drinking song with a vague Star Trek reference. go ply with your phasers little finks

[@speckspeck]

this can be dedicated to kapitan Friedrich Guggenberger of U 513, taken prisoner by US Navy ship Barnegat but who later commanded Nato in Europe alongside USA... R.I.P.

[@andrewcribbin1260]

Prost my friends

[@nero.malpelo]

pity veri much that they sing in english. that barbarian way