1864
Danish German War
8000 lives
To build a Reich
10 000 more at Konigsgratz
1866
The German war
Was it worth dying for?
For the fame of the Kaiser
The people lie dead
And Bismarck just smiles
At the wars he has lead
Husbands dead, children forsaken
Hail to thee mein Vaterland
Blut und Eisen. the road taken
Spielt's dem Schnitter in die Hand
1871
Another war was won
Napoleon is to blame
He fell for Bismarck's game
20 000 slain
In blood and in pain
War never gives
It takes all that lives
The Reich then was founded
At war in Versailles
By kings and the nobles
While still soldiers die
The people were not asked
How they want it done
They were just fodder
To feed the war gun
Husbands dead, children forsaken
Hail to thee mein Vaterland
Blut und Eisen, the road taken
Spielt's dem Schnitter in die Hand
Husbands dead, children forsaken
Hail to thee mein Vaterland
Blut und Eisen, the road taken
Spielt's dem Schnitter in die Hand