In the late fifties this wonderful song was used as a sentimental - carnival hit! So it was spread all over Germany. There is an American movie, black and white, with Kirk Douglas acting a French Colonel defending some French soldiers courtmartialled; unfortunately I don't know the English title. Here you find a touching scene: in a French tavern behind the lines frequented by soldiers on leave a German girl is presented on a makeshift stage, and as a representative of an enemy nation joked and sneered at. When coerced to sing a song she sings the Faithful Hussard, and the rough soldiery is touched by the sad and simple song. They calm down, even tears may be seen when they think of their own beloved. Remarkable in this song is the faith of the hussard; in former times the light cavalry was hold as unreliable in love affairs, even more than any other branches of service.