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Antje, mein blondes Kind [Walzerlied]
Composer: Herms Niel (1888-1954)
Lyricist: Heinrich Anacker (1901-1971)
Publisher: Musikverlag Wilke & Co., Berlin-Wilmersdorf, 1940
Opening Line: Der Tag war grau, der Tag war schwer
Vocalist: Wilhelm Strienz
Instrumental Group: Tanzorchester Will Glahé, Berlin
Recording Date: 1940
Recording Location: Berlin
Record Company: Electrola GmbH, Berlin

Digitized by Ivan Ž., 2008

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"Antje, mein blondes Kind" [Antje, My Blond Child] is a German sailors' love song from 1940, about the stormy days at sea coming to an end and the sailor's return home to his love, called Antje. It was translated in Danish by Anker Hansen ("Anny") and in Dutch by Jacques van Tol ("Antje"). Song originally had three strophes, the 1st and the 3rd were recorded here.

Recorded also by:
1940 Männerchor des Deutschen Opernhauses Berlin; Orchester des Reichssenders Berlin; Musikkorps des Regiments "General Göring"; Conductor: Herms Niel
1940 Soldatenchor; Reichsmusikzug des RAD; Conductor: Herms Niel
1940 Schuricke-Terzett; Harmonika-Orchester "All Neune"; Conductor: Horst Hoffmann
1940 Schuricke-Terzett; Tanzorchester Will Glahé
1940 Die vier lustigen Jungens; Tanzorchester
1940 Heyn-Quartett; Kapelle Eugen Jahn
1940 Heyn-Quartett; Harmonika-Orchester
1940 Willy Derby; Orkest [Dutch version]
1940 Bob Scholte; Orkest [Dutch version]
1940 Holger Hansen; De Otte [Danish version]
1941 Soldatenchor und Stabsmusikkorps des Wachbataillons der Luftwaffe; Conductor: Hans Teichmann
195_ Wilhelm Strienz; Chor; Orchester Béla Sanders
1960 Gemischter Chor; Orchester Horst Wende
1968 Ludwig Jungmann
196_ Hartwig Stuckmann; Chor; Orchester
____ Marinechor "Blaue Jungs" Bremerhaven
____ Die Wellenreiter
____ Alstermöwen

It was also included in the post-WWII medleys "Seemannsgarn", "Aus der Seemannskiste" and more.

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