"Weit ist der Weg zurück ins Heimatland" (Buder) Franz Baumann 1931

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Weit ist der Weg zurück ins Heimatland [Marschlied aus dem Tonfilm "Die andere Seite"]
Composer: Ernst Erich Buder (1896-1962)
Lyricist: Fred Barny [Franz Baumann] (1890-1965)
Refrain: Weit ist der Weg zurück ins Heimatland/ Melody: Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag/ Composer: Felix Powell (1878-1942)/ Lyricist: Anonym
Publisher: Francis, Day & Hunter, Berlin, 1931
Opening Line: Wandern und Singen, das ist Burschenart
Vocalist: Franz Baumann
Instrumental Group: Tanzorchester Peter Kreuder, Berlin
Recording Date: 15.09.1931
Recording Location: Berlin, Carl Lindström AG (Schlesische Straße 26-27), Raum II
Record Company: Carl Lindström AG, Berlin

Digitized by Ivan Ž., 2008

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"Weit ist der Weg zurück ins Heimatland" [It's a Long Way Back to Homeland] is a British song in German language from the 1931 movie "Die andere Seite" [The Other Side]. The refrain is actually the complete first strophe of the German WWI song with the same title (Weit ist der Weg...), by an unknown lyricist, which was set to melody of the British WWI song "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag", composed by Felix Powell (1878-1942). "Die andere Seite" is a German movie about British soldiers during WWI (a remake of British "Journey's End" from 1930, based on the 1928 drama by R. C. Sherriff). In 1933, song was used in another movie, "Flüchtlinge" [Refugees], about Volga Germans in Manchuria 1928 (based on Gerhard Menzel's novel), when it was also named "Marschlied der Kameraden" [Marching Song of Comrades]. Song originally had three strophes, two were recorded here (it sometimes started with the strophe "Wandern und Singen", like here, and sometimes with the "Singt Kameraden" strophe). This particular record (with "Gloria" label) was released in 1934, which is why the track is described as a song from "Flüchtlinge"; but it was originally released in 1931 on an "Odeon" label as a song from "Die andere Seite" (such updates were a common practise at the time).

Recorded also by:
1931 Wilhelm Gombert; Tanzorchester Géza Komor
1931 Franz Baumann; Tanzorchester Ilja Livschakoff
1931 Franz Baumann; Tanzorchester Ludwig Rüth
1933 Franz Baumann; Orchester; Conductor: Ernst Erich Buder
1933 Die vier Richters
19__ Soldatenchor und Stabsmusikkorps der Bundeswehr; Conductor: Gerhard Scholz