Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-09-21
TIE HISTORY OF
"H0CH DER KAISER"
Tulsa Man Has Arc-Old clipping
Giving Or,gip of6,hc Famous
Poem

A few days ago while running
through HIS scrap book. -. G. Rose
Of Tulsa found a newspaper clipping
Swing tho origin ot "Hoch der Knl.
SER The clipping hst been IN Mr
Roses possession for 2 years llB
reproduction a. this time viii DO ~
especial Interest n follows
The now famous poem which was
reclted by Captain Coshisn during
his famous speech. was written un,
der peculiar circumstances IN th.a
city In October. 1897 The poem a6
n was I'm the original consisted ~ -
vsfuos not elght a0 published
throughout me world during The lost
two years
Tho occasion upon which tho
poem was written was the Emperor
Williams speech upon the divine
right % kings and bis own special
mission upon earth. ~ that time A.
81 R Gordon a Scotchman nv birth,
and whose real namo was A NcGre-
Ror Rose was n member ~ tho
Montreal Herald staff Ho had been
IN tho habit of writing verses up0n
different subjects. ana was looked
upon no very bright fellow indeed
The city editor. turning 10 him. B1id
Give uH poem. Gordon. on the
emperor
IN less thgn an hours umo he
turned out i3 v"ra-s which we're en-
titled by him Kaiser a CO. not
Hoch der Kaiser The matter wps
sent up 10 the printer Just ~ 10 was
written. and by some mistake tho
| foreman OF the composing room only
| picked up eight verses In tyne lcay-
| Ink tho other five verses on tho gal
| lev The paper went 10 press aud
| Gordon, who was very particular
about his matter being strictly cor
rect. got ono ~ tho first copies or
the press lie AZ once saw the mis-.
take. and tho form was rccnst not
however before a few hundred hnd
been sent into tho mailing room for
the foreign malls Thus the fact that
only eight verses we're copied In tho
papers which printed otho poem ut
the time ln tho second edition ~
was given IN full and signed A NJ Il
Gordon, Hare is the poem In It's
original form:
Der Kaiser ~ dis Fatherlnnd
Und Gott on high all dlnFs command.
We two---ach' don't you understand
Myself-und GotL
lie relrna In hoafen and always shan
und mein own omblro don'd vas
shmall
Elm noble pair ! dlnks you call
Myself-und Gott
Vile some men sing der power divine.
Meln 20 ldiers slng Der Wacht am
Rheln"
und drink der health in Rheinlsh
OF ms--und oo,t
peres France, she svaggers ad
xroundt.
She's ausEespislt
To much We think shs don't amount.
Myuelf--und Gott
She WIZ not dare IN fiEht aEain.
But n she shoulst, I'm show her blnln
Dot ElsAss (and In Frcnchl Lorraine
Arc meiq by Gott.
Won Bismarck vas man auf might.
Und dought he was CLEAR out auf
sight
But achi he WAS NIGHT good 10 fight
Nit me--und Gott
We knock him like eln man aut
sdraw
We lot him know whose viii vas law
IND dot We don't would sdand his
jaw,
Meinsclt-und Colt
w. ..,H NF.. -.a, t. A. ..
We gif him lnsuldt 10 his face
IND put Caprivl In his place.
Meinself-und Colt
IND ven Caprivi get svelled hedt
We very promptly on him set
IND toldt him To get IN and Fst.
Mcinsclt-und Gott
nere's grandma dinks she Is nicht
small beer.
Mldt Roers uud such she Interfere
She'll learn none owns dis hemis-
phere
put me--und Gott
She dinks GOOD frau. some shlps.
she's got
IND soldiers midt dor scarlet goat
Ach We could knock them Pouf'
Like that
Myself--mldt Gotr
IN dimes ot peace, nrshare Tor wars
J boar the spcnr and helm of Mars
Und care not for den thousand Czarg
Myself midt Gotr
In fact : humor cfrv whim.
with aspect dark and vieaEc grim.
Gott pulls mlt me, und I NIT him.