"Heut' stechen wir ins blaue Meer" (Niel) Infanterie-Regiment GD, 1939

"Today We Go Out to Sea", German sailors' love song composed in 1936 by Herms Niel (1888-1954). Performed by 1st Band of the Infantry Regiment "Greater Germany" (from Berlin) under captain Friedrich Ahlers, with male chorus (probably Berlin Municipal Opera Choir). Recorded in Berlin, 1939.

Additional info: song originally has two strophes; 1st strophe recorded. Notice that it starts with the same tune as Richard Wagner's overture to "The Flying Dutchman".
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Note: mono recording, from I.Ž. 78rpm record collection; not to be used for commercial or propaganda purposes.

Other known recordings of this song:
1939 Chorus & Bruno Seidler-Winkler's Brass Band
1939 Metropol Vocalists & Band of the Berlin-Staaken Airbase under H. Boß

[it was also included in medleys "Ruck-zuck - Annemarie" by Herms Niel (1937) and "Wir marschieren mit Herms Niel" by Erich Gutzeit (1942)]

[it was also recorded for movie "Orkestar jedne mladosti" (1985)]