Til Grønland og Island og Hjaltland, gikk ferden på langskip mot vest, og i Frankrike, Irland og England, var nordmannen ubuden gjest. Norwegian version På vikingtokt til fremmed land dro menn av nordisk ætt, på kongeskip sto mann ved mann av Hirden kamp beredt. Võrsub vabadusidu, ei murra neid ridu, kes Eesti eest annavad kõik. Rünnak relvade terases tules, kõlab leekides kuradi naer - ha-ha-haa. Vaba Eesti eest palju ei oleks, kui langeks meist viimnegi mees. Teed tagasi meie jaoks pole, ehk küll häving on silmade ees. Ja surnupealuu sõdureist vaid tuul veel jutustab. Aeg sangarid kord unustab ja tandrid tasandab. Meid paisati itta, kord läände, kõikjal seisime kaljude naal ning Neveli sood ja Tšerkassõ, ei iial meid unusta saa. Üks vapper Eesti pataljon, lauldes laulu kuradist. Estonian version Kord võitles Lõuna-Venemaal, kaugel Doni steppides. Where we exist it goes forwards! And the devil laughs merely furthermore, Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! We fight for Germany, We fight for Hitler, The red never more comes to rest. And even if our line thins, for us there is never retreat. SS will not rest, we'll annihilate, until nobody disturbs Germanys luck. And standing now, prepared to fight, against the red plague. We fought before in several fights, In North, South, East and West. A rifleman stands on Volgas beach, And hums silently with he: We whistle up above and beneath, And can us the whole world, Curse or even praise, Just as it pleases everyone. Translation SS March in the enemies land, And sings a Devil's song. Wo wir sind da geht's immer vorwärts, Und der Teufel der lacht nur dazu! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha! Wir kämpfen für Deutschland, Wir kämpfen für Hitler, Der Rote kommt nie mehr zur Ruh'. Und wenn sich die Reihen auch lichten, Für uns gibt es nie ein Zurück. SS wird nicht ruh'n, wir vernichten, Bis niemand mehr stört Deutschlands Glück.

Und stehen nun zum Kampf bereit, Gegen die rote Pest. Wir kämpften schon in mancher Schlacht, Im Nord, Süd, Ost und West. Verfluchen oder auch loben, Grad wie es ihnen gefällt. Wir pfeifen auf Unten und Oben, Und uns kann die ganze Welt. Ein Schütze steht am Oderstrand, Und leise summt er mit. SS marschiert in Feindesland, Und singt ein Teufelslied. Original German Lyrics as sung by the Waffen SS. Īfter the end of the Second World War, the song also found its way into the French Foreign Legion and is still sung today in a version with slightly different and translated lyrics as ' La Legion marche vers le front'. It was also the marching song for the 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian). Among these were a French version, used by SS Division Charlemagne, a Norwegian version called ' På Vikingtog', and an Estonian version used by members of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking and later 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS called ' Pataljon Narwa Laul' ('The Song of Battalion Narwa'). The lyrics openly declared that the SS would destroy the 'Red plague'.Īs the Waffen SS gradually developed into a multi-ethnic and multi-national force, translated and modified versions were sung by SS men from other countries. Originally they referred to the shores of the river Volga in Russia, later to those of the river Oder on the German-Polish border, where heavy fighting took place in 1945. They are based on patriotic heroism and the mentality of 'fighting till death', which was a popular philosophy in Germany during the Third Reich.

The lyrics imply the elite status which SS men saw themselves possessing.

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