Wir sind des Geyers schwarzer Haufen - German Communist Revolutionary song

this song was used by a lot of revolutionary groups in the weimar republic, unfortunately including nazis. the song was used by socialist groups as well which is why I am uploading this, fuck nazis
Lyrics:
Wir sind des Geyers schwarzer Haufen, heia hoho,
und wollen mit Tyrannen raufen, heia hoho.
Refrain:
Spieß voran, drauf und dran,
setzt auf’s Klosterdach den roten Hahn!
Als Adam grub und Eva spann, kyrieleys,
wo war denn da der Edelmann? kyrieleys.
Jetzt gilt es Schloß, Abtei und Stift, heia hoho,
uns gilt nichts als die Heil’ge Schrift, heia hoho.
Des Edelmannes Töchterlein, Kyrieleis!
Wir jagen sind die Höll hinein, Kyrieleis!
Uns führt der Florian Geyer an, trotz Acht und Bann,
den Bundschuh führt er in der Fahn', hat Helm und Harnisch an.
Bei Weinsberg setzt es Brand und Stank, heia hoho,
gar mancher über die Klinge sprang, heia hoho.
Geschlagen ziehen wir nach Haus, heia hoho,
uns’re Enkel fechten’s besser aus, heia hoho.
Lyrics (English):
We are Geyer's black hordes, heia hoho!
And we want to fight with the tyrants, heia hoho!
Refrain:
Pikes ahead! On and on!
On the monastery's roof, raise the red flames!
When Adam plowed and Eve span, Lord, have mercy!
Well where was the nobleman? Lord, have mercy!
Now it's all about the castle, abbey and monastery, heia hoho!
There is nothing to us but the Holy Scripture, heia hoho!
The nobleman's daughter, Lord, have mercy!
We will chase into hell, Lord, have mercy!
We are led by Florian Geyer, despite being outlaws!
He has the Bundschuh on his flag, he wears helmet and armour
In Weinsberg we gave them fire and stench, heia hoho!
Many a man was put to the blade, heia hoho!
Defeated, we return home, heia hoho!
Our grandchildren will put up a better fight! Heia hoho!

[@kurnma3776]

This song is not Nazi nor Communist
It was dedicated to the 1500s revolts of Florian Geyer and the peasants, those who fought against the feudal aristocracy for greater rights

[@kurnma3776]

This means they were revolutionaries, but not communists

[@Provo_N]

@@kurnma3776 even better

[@Provo_N]

i felt the chorus explained it all. i figured it wasnt either.

[@canberkscal]

​@@kurnma3776 Engels said that müntzer and his army were primitive communists

[@the_kimchi_kommandant2603]

@@canberkscal What Engels says is of no value

[@evanwilliams1839]

Only version i have found thay doesnt cur out the parts about killing the noblemans little shits and clubbing priests.
Good work

[@partytimefreddy]

I suspect it's because the song is not only used by communists but by a lot of Nationalists and Fascists as well who weren't as fond about killing noblemen while the Communists were. Over all this version is much more beatiful mainly cause it kept that part.

[@brucenorman8904]

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[@strumps9549]

The national socialist were anti aristrocracy@@partytimefreddy

[@WelloBello]

ITT: Fascists explaining how the peasant-sided church-burner was actually tradpilled.

[@KGWyzel]

Communists explaining how the Medieval Radical Anti-Catholic Protestants were actually Socialists and Communists.

[@daniels0376]

​@@KGWyzel You mean the peasants who rose up in revolt against the feudal noblemen, the church and the monarchy?

[@KGWyzel]

@@daniels0376 Not every revolt against Noblemen and Monarchs is Communist.

[@daniels0376]

@@KGWyzel That is true, if more because this was before political ideologies became a thing.
However, if you were to try and match this with a modern ideology, communism would fit best.
Certainly more so than the other groups who marched to this song, namely the Imperial German Army and the Wehrmacht.

[@KGWyzel]

@@daniels0376 There are literally dozens of rebellions, revolutions, and revolts against Monarchs and Aristocracy that weren't involved with Socialism or Communism.
The Revolutionary War in the United States is a prime example, and the German Peasant's Revolt is too; both were non Communist revolutions against a tyrannical monarchist government with an end goal in bringing on more democratic representation and civil liberties to the people; not to create some Communist shit hole that would strip the people of basic rights such as Private Property ownership.
Stop claiming ownership over every revolution, not every revolutionary wants to re-enslave himself to a Communist State like you do.

[@aandersson650]

I've seen nazi backdrops of this, now communist when it's really against feudalism haha
Haven't heard this version though, thanks for uploading it

[@anblueboot5364]

If it‘s against feudalism it‘s kinda aligning with the communist agenda, fighting against the class system etc.
beside that: Florian Geyer is claimed by every political movement, he‘s a folk hero at the end of the day. Obviously every political movement would claim him for themself. But looking through a historical and thematical lense he better fits with the communists/any revolution trying to overthrow the status quo for a better world.

[@perunakeitto_.3203]

It is listened to by both but fascists are a little lost considering their views and the context of the song

[@CamilleEgalite]

Прекрасное исполнение великой революционной песни)

[@Casisking639]

If anything this title did trigger the fascists, and again they are wrong because this is official “as a song composed in Weimar Germany it was used by a wide spectrum of political groups, notably the national people’s army of the DDR”. And tbh I have found a modern Russian communist version so it’s legacy isn’t fully one sided. Plus it’s based on a poem supporting peasant revolt, pretty left tbh.

[@cjed4562]

When Adam tilled and Eve spun, where was the nobleman?

[@d_Angry_Goose_b]

Viele Grusse von russische Genosse aus Revolutionische Arbeit Partei!

[@commandergreetv753]

Vielen Dank Genosse🔴🚩

[@dogeknight6000]

You communists the kaiserreich will reclaim the vaterland one day

[@commandergreetv753]

@@dogeknight6000 you wanna know something? Im a socialist who likes the Kaiserreich AND is a staunch catholic ik that doesnt make any sense...its complicated i guess...

[@eyraaaaaa]

@@dogeknight6000 lmao

[@Kgb-iv5xh]

спасибо, товарищ 🇩🇪🚩☭🤝🇷🇺🚩☭

[@svenvanwier7196]

When one knows politics, one recognizes the continual struggle, whatever flag that maybe, people flock to the strongest one they see.

[@Phoenix_eleven]

what version of the song is this / who was this played by?

[@eyraaaaaa]

according to the comments, it was played by a german scout group called "Ring Florian Geyer". heres where i got this version czcams.com/video/ul0GWAVGLYs/video.html

[@Phoenix_eleven]

Thank you very much!

[@Aussie_swagger430]

@@eyraaaaaaso not a communist song 😂

[@phillipigyarto9066]

​@@Aussie_swagger430 it was used by communist revolutionaries in Germany.

[@herrdoktorseltsameliebe]

Es lebe die revolution!

[@kaminadot]

hey buddy, loved this version! Is it availabled on soundcloud? If not, could you please post it?

[@iuriamg]

communist basil hell yea

[@monkeyboy2059]

I was actually so confused why this said 'German Communist Revolutionary Song'. To my knowledge, isn't this a German patriotic song made by German peasants back in the 17th (or smth) century?? I know nothing else on why they made this, or even the full background. Plz educate me.

[@kaminadot]

if I am not mistaken, the song was written in 20th century as form of honoring a peasants revolt that happened in 17th century, the song itself wasn't written neither by n@zis neither by communists (even so if the group that wrote it had antisemitic beliefs), but it was used by both sides, it was sing by SS members as well as it was sing by people in the GDR (East Germany), in the end, it's a cultural song basically and the lyrics in itself has nothing to do with n@zism, the lyrics are about a anti-monarchist and anti-clerical feeling

[@DerDrako]

​@@kaminadot After all the song is about something, that has no connection to a nationalism as it was used by the german fascists, but has more ideas that radical leftists can connect with. German fascism was not against the churches, as long as they play along with the NSDAP. Line slike "When Adam tilled and Eve spun, where was the nobleman?" are something very leftists and the whole topic of the song is more against fighting authorities, that want to force you into something, than anything else.
A real connection to the wing of the NSDAP that was on Adolfs side is more or less absurd. If anything, it would make more sense on a strasserist level, if you want to make some connection to NSDAP ideology.
Also the revolt was in the 15th century (in english numbering; 16th century in german numbering), In the 17th century Florian Geyer was long dead.

[@kaminadot]

@@DerDrako exactly! It has many things that the left can identify with, also, thx for the correction!

[@DerDrako]

@@kaminadot Your welcome.
Which is also interesting for me: The "Schwarzer Haufen" (en: black company) is from its name a bit similiar to the "Schwarze Scharen" (en black bands), which was a resistance group against totalitarian groups in the Weimar Republic, where the song was used. Also the Machnowschtschina, which used a black flag at least, were probably more similar with the black company of Florian Geyer, than any other modern political group. They are also know militarily as the black army in the russian civil war and fought both nationalists (german, russian and ukrainian) and bolshewiks, while themselfs being socialists or even communists.

[@kaminadot]

@DerDrako oh I know about the Makhnovtchina, the Black Army was super based btw, didn't knew about the black company tho, I will search about them

[@user-zy1tl3ri8z]

Весело. Задорно. Все по делу. Молодцы ребята.

[@treyflorek8592]

Very cool

[@crocve]

Broke: You believe in a communist society because it is an inevitable conclusion of human progress.
Woke: You believe in a communist society because that's God's will.

[@eyraaaaaa]

fr

[@KGWyzel]

*Meanwhile every Communist Country to date has persecuted the Religious Sector brutally*
But whatever you say.

[@lester4506]

Except communist "societies" prosecute religion

[@daniels0376]

​@@KGWyzel Ah yes, the confiscation of the church's horded wealth and its redistribution to the starving peasants and workers, truly not what Jesus would want.
No, fat priests with kilograms of golden chains and crosses on their bodies, that's what Jesus would want.
NOT

[@treyflorek8592]

Ye

[@user-zh5yi9lk1x]

Long live the international solidarity of workers! Greetings from Russia! Down with nazism and nationalism! Long live peace!

[@the_kimchi_kommandant2603]

Hail Victory!!! o7o7o7

[@tiziocaio8657]

This is also a NatSoc song

[@brucenorman8904]

Composed around the 1920s, the lyrics of the song are sourced from the poem Ich bin der arme Konrad by the Bavarian poet and artillery officer Heinrich von Reder (1824-1909). The melody of the song is arranged by German songwriter and later National Socialist Fritz Sotke (1902-1970) in 1919

[@iulianviorelmosteanu2800]

Ironic. 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer

[@strumps9549]

Nothing wrong with nationalism.

[@blackdragonangrycat]

I agree.

[@alexanderroeder9376]

It is just a song that most likely was made in the beginning 20th century in the German youth movement, but it referrs to the Farmers wars, where the poor tenants burned the friaries and other church property. Florian Geyer was a leade of these risings.

[@brucenorman8904]

Composed around the 1920s, the lyrics of the song are sourced from the poem Ich bin der arme Konrad by the Bavarian poet and artillery officer Heinrich von Reder (1824-1909). The melody of the song is arranged by German songwriter and later National Socialist Fritz Sotke (1902-1970) in 1919

[@bonelessvegetal818]

i am very katoliko very based song, (based on my country's history)

[@norwayball6360]

In my opinion this sing does not belong to neither the left nor the right, it8s a song about farmers and religion, leave it so both of us can hear and admire

[@norwayball6360]

it’s*

[@radon.drl.]

This only leftist song.

[@norwayball6360]

@@radon.drl. it was also used by nazis

[@radon.drl.]

@@norwayball6360 nazis is leftist too

[@norwayball6360]

@@radon.drl. no, while there were some leftist wings in the nazi party they were extreme rightists and dont even start with the “national SOCIALIST” thing because if you follow this logic then “DEMOCRATIC People’s Republic of Korea” (North Korea) would be democratic?

[@hecker1636]

Used by them, but in no way is this a German Communist Revolutionary song.

[@eyraaaaaa]

i think it can be described as one considering it was used by communist groups, same way it can be described as a fascist one or etc. i put it in the title mostly to piss off any fascists that come across this video tho

[@ram0s._1]

@@eyraaaaaa how can a video "piss off" fascists

[@theman2624]

@@ram0s._1 because he thinks they get offended as easily as him

[@ram0s._1]

@@theman2624 perhaps

[@TheBlackhero871]

Just because this song was used by the GDR and other socialist/communist movements does not mean it is communist.
This song is from the 1920s is about the 1525 German peasants' war and one of their leaders Florian Geyer and it came from the German scout movement.
It is neither a communist nor a national socialist song and the only reason they used it was because of it's anti church and somewhat anti royalty lyrics.
But anything to "piss off" fascists i guess.

[@user-sr2he2qs1w]

Те, кто пишет что песня анти-феодальная в целом правы, однако позже она успела стать и коммунистической, уж больно много сходства в тиранах, против которых боролись крестьяне и рабочие

[@azadrus6882]

wartet

[@derBasti843]

This is not a Communist Song. This is a Song of the Farmer War in 1524.

[@DerDrako]

... which was sung by many communists, in a political frame. (And yes, also by other groups, as it is and was usual with many songs. You also see Guthries songs used by the Republicans in the USA, even though he was a leftitst.)

[@blehblehk5955]

Not really a Communist song, title of video is misleading.

[@SirAroace]

it is, or more accurately is a anti-noble song that was adopted by both communists and anti-noble fascist.

[@blehblehk5955]

@@SirAroace lol it literally has nothing to do with "anti-Facsim." You don't know what Fascism or what a fascist is, you take Orwell's modern sated definition of it meaning "bully."

[@brucenorman8904]

Composed around the 1920s, the lyrics of the song are sourced from the poem Ich bin der arme Konrad by the Bavarian poet and artillery officer Heinrich von Reder (1824-1909). The melody of the song is arranged by German songwriter and later National Socialist Fritz Sotke (1902-1970) in 1919

[@oracuda]

this is unfortunately true, although i would personally call this song originally communist-aligned. allot of prominent german socialists later became nazis. @@brucenorman8904

[@Lacccaria]

@@blehblehk5955 mfer can't distinguish between "anti-noble fascists" and "anti-fascists" lmao
Either that or you can't read.

[@tanguthefatIDIOT]

basil omori is a communist revolutionary? could not have predicted this

[@sjarahar6306]

The songwriter literally had his card in the Nazi party, tankies sure are embarassing

[@Ma_ksi]

Also a SS song

[@kaiooooo4095]

This sont was made in 1920 used by nazis because it was an anti noble and anti church song it’s also became the hymn of the DRR deutsche democratic republic

[@ZagrebBundist]

Yes but it was and still is used by leftists.

[@Ma_ksi]

@@ZagrebBundist Very funny

[@kobodas]

This song used in florian Geyer division?

[@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis]

​@@kaiooooo4095It certainly wasn't the hymn of the DDR, that would be "Auferstanden aus Ruinen" (Arisen from ruins). But it was certainly sung in the DDR and coopted (not exclusivly) by communists.

[@dimasbely666]

Песня хорошая, но не немецких коммунистов🤔

[@Schakuta]

This is not a communist song. Just because some communists were singing it doesn't make it a communist song. It is a german Song. Some communists also sing "Happy Birthday". Does that make it a communist song? No. Communists wear shoes and pants. Does that make shoes and pants communist? Absolutely not. Same way the eagle isn't a Nazi Symbol. It's a german symbol. Just because a group uses something it doesn't make it their Symbol. When I listen to this song I think about german soldiers sitting in trenches in WWI and not communists

[@eyraaaaaa]

this song was written after ww1??? also your comparisons make no sense, this song has communist verses written by communists (second verse was popularised in east germany) about overthrowing feudal hierarchies, im pretty sure happy birthday doesnt advocate for revolution

[@Schakuta]

@@eyraaaaaa first of all I never claimed it being a WWI song I was just telling you what I associate listening to this song to state that nothing in this song reminds me of communism. Second this song was literally in the official song book of the Nazi party and was written and composed by a later national socialist so the only group you could claim this song is belonging to are tha Nazis. And not even that is fitting in my opinion. Communists singing the same song is just as fucking stupid as the rest of their mentally ill ideology. So do you still claim this song is a communist song? If yes then probably no one can help you

[@laceycollins8122]

​@@eyraaaaaaJust because it was popularized in the DDR dosnt mean it WAS made by the DDR. Kyrieleys is a greek word meaning lord have mercy. And you know the translation, because you made the vidio, YOU PUT IN THE TRANSLATION. If you have read the bible and know at least 50% of the HRE's history, you would lnow that the second verse is talking about Adam and eve, wich i shouldn't have to explain, and that the peasants were non-Catholics, so, yeah maybe read a book evry once in a while instead of sleep under it.

[@SirAroace]

dude its a anti-noble, anti-church, pro-commoner song, while not exclusively used by communist it was still very much not a universal song like 'happy birthday', its a revolutionary song.

[@ohnoes3084]

@@SirAroace its alligned with the protestant movement at the time than anything close to marxism, if the revolt actually succeeded itd probably be at most a decentralized parliamentary system, similar to what the british protestants achieved when they won their civil war

[@RosaLuxemburgGaming]

Zum Glück gab es den Freikorps.

[@user-hv1qv6xe4w]

how the hech do you dare call it a communist song

[@alejo1596]

This song isn't communist

[@iulianviorelmosteanu2800]

The song has nothing to do with communists lmao. They would be against "communists", especially considering their values.

[@eyraaaaaa]

the song was commonly used by communists in the weimar republic and was performed by the east german army on many occasions, this song is associated with many political movements and for the purposes of this video, it is a communist one

[@iulianviorelmosteanu2800]

@@eyraaaaaa, I'm just saying what it's origins are.

[@plarkons9849]

Nuh uh

[@JesusFollower500]

Horse shoe theory really does seem to have some prominence, then again it is national SOCIALISM...

[@sandinokb-1]

Sorry, but North Korea has the full name Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Don't trust the names

[@masterofalltrades_]

Revolutionary song

[@user-dz3wx9mz8y]

Пралетарыi усiх краiн яднайцесь!

[@user-xm4bb9uu2v]

This ain’t your song red

[@Ma_ksi]

Cry

[@user-xm4bb9uu2v]

@@Ma_ksi how much can you bench just wondering

[@eyraaaaaa]

@@user-xm4bb9uu2v please cope harder

[@esothetics]

oy gevalt

[@TNOfan4093]

Fascist tears are so tasty