| Margarete Münsterberg, ed., trans. A Harvest of German Verse. 1916. | | | | Austrian Cavalry Song, 1914 | | By Hugo Zuckermann (1881–1914) |
| | | THERE in the meadow-land | |
| Two jackdaws cry— | |
| Is it on Danube’s strand | |
| I’ll have to lie? | |
| Or in a Polish grave? | 5 |
| Before my soul shall fly, | |
| I’ll fight a rider brave. | |
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| There on the field I see | |
| Two ravens scurry. | |
| Shall I the first one be | 10 |
| Whom they must bury? | |
| What’s that to me! | |
| Many hundred thousands hurry | |
| In Austria’s cavalry. | |
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| There in the evening breath | 15 |
| Hover two crows: | |
| When comes the reaper Death | |
| Who mows and mows? | |
| We’re not afraid! | |
| If but our banner blows | 20 |
| Over Belgrade! | | | | |
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