The Song of Marshal Rommel †

Field Marshal Rommel.
Field Marshal Rommel had an accident with his car on 17 July in France due to an air raid. He sustained injuries and a concussion. His condition is satisfactory. There is no danger to his life. – 3-8-44

According to the report from Tw. Nieuwsblad on 16 October 1944, R. died as a result of this – “not life-threatening” – accident.

What the heck, what the heck,
What’s the matter with that Rommel
His Marshal Rommel is no longer alive
And Adolf Hitler regrets this deeply.
In the car accident, Marshal Rommel was damaged
His brain was severely shaken
And help and rescue did not come.

Chorus:
Once upon a time in Africa,
Tobruk, Sollum, and Bardia,
Back then this Rommel was great,
But now he’s stone dead.

The British, the British,
Near Caen, there they dropped
Bombs on the Krauts,
One of the bomb splinters hit,
It was bad luck,
Friend Rommel on his head.
He lay on the street for six hours,
One wonders, how is that possible

Chorus:
Once upon a time in Africa, etc.

Since July, since July
It has been therefore quiet around him,
And we haven‘t heard anything from him,
But today the peace is disturbed,
Whoever still reads newspapers,
Knows: He is gone
The German hero of the desert,
From Libya and El Alamein

Chorus.

For Rommel, for Rommel
The drum is played sadly,
They played the funeral march of Chopin,
And he is buried in Berlin,
With flag and marshal’s staff,
And Adolf stands by the grave.
He looks a little pale today
And gives him the death sermon.

Chorus:
Once upon a time in Africa, etc.

They fall, they fall
For Hitler by the dozens
So many German generals
Never had their say again
And died for the Third Reich,
Rommel too became a corpse
I only wonder from time to time,
When will the Führer die

Chorus:
Once upon a time in Africa, etc.