Aug 18th, 1941: Lili Marleen

Subject: RE: Aug 18th, 1941: Lili Marleen
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 02 Jun 12 - 08:20 PM

Taking the lines in question as part of the song as it's come to be sung, I'd take it as implying the soldier is anticipating that he might well be killed in the war.

Where songs change, especially in translation, the changes are just as valid as the original, if they work. It isn't just folksongs that develop variants.

Subject: RE: Aug 18th, 1941: Lili Marleen
From: MorwenEdhelwen1
Date: 02 Jun 12 - 09:54 PM

My brother calls this a folksong..

Subject: RE: Aug 18th, 1941: Lili Marleen
From: GUEST,Azoic
Date: 03 Jun 12 - 12:29 PM

June Tabor sings "Lili Marlene".   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lWDYeao6D4

Subject: RE: Aug 18th, 1941: Lili Marleen
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 03 Jun 12 - 01:32 PM

Lale Andersen 1939 recording of "Lili Marleen."
The song has many associated memories to one who was in a military unit in WW2 (such as myself). This recording by Lale Andersen will not be surpassed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLOKniirXHM&feature=fvwrel

Subject: RE: Aug 18th, 1941: Lili Marleen
From: Joe_F
Date: 03 Jun 12 - 06:15 PM

Not available, it says.

Subject: RE: Aug 18th, 1941: Lili Marleen
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 04 Jun 12 - 01:08 PM

Just go to youtube and look for "Lili Marleen in German recorded 1939 Lale Anderson." They also have her singing it in a later recording.
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLOKniirXHM

Hans Leip wrote some interesting little marine poems. Probably no one interested here except Charley Noble, but I may post them in a Leip thread.

Subject: RE: Aug 18th, 1941: Lili Marleen
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 04 Jun 12 - 02:15 PM

Link for sheet music, "ili Marleen."

http://www.hueby-im-netz.de/hueby/leip/Lili_Original.pdf

I believe already posted.

Subject: RE: Aug 18th, 1941: Lili Marleen
From: Joe_F
Date: 04 Jun 12 - 08:24 PM

In the 1942 recording, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DXruigKRRc, I note that the "Schon rief der Posten" stanza is still there.

Subject: RE: Aug 18th, 1941: Lili Marleen
From: GUEST
Date: 15 May 13 - 09:05 AM

Dear All,

I'm researching a BBC Radio programme dedicated to this song and I am really interested in some of the comments posted here. I'm particuarly keen to hear from people with specif memories realted to this song - such as the person who was playing the accordian on a street corner who was requested to play it by a German man... If you have a personal memory to share about this song I'd be keen to hear from you. I can be reached at [e-mail] .

Good Wishes

Nicola Humphries

Subject: RE: Aug 18th, 1941: Lili Marleen
From: GUEST,Lili Suzanne
Date: 15 Feb 16 - 05:22 AM

I cry every time I listen to the words of the song Lili Marlene. It dawned on me, many years ago, that the line:
"Maybe tomorrow you'll be blue, but then you'll find a love that's new" could mean that the woman Lili Marlene was a prostitute. I burst into tears, and cried my heart out over this revelation. I envisioned that a young girl who was growing up in the post WWI years in France or Belgium or Germany could have been forced by economic circumstances into the life of a streetwalker, hanging out below a streetlight. That idea will haunt me forever every time I hear the song.