German Patriotic Song (Version 1) - Wenn alle untreu werden, so bleiben wir doch treu

●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ஜ۩ENGLISH۩ஜ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● “Wenn alle untreu werden, so bleiben wir doch treu“ (If all become unfaithful, we remain loyal) is the opening line of a famous patriotic German popular song written by Max von Schenkendorf in 1814. Schenkendorf dedicated the song to Friedrich Ludwig Jahn for the “holy German Empire“. The melody was a slightly modified form of Pour aller à la chasse faut être matineux, a French hunting song dating from 1724. The title also refers to a German hymn of the same name, written by the German poet Novalis in 1799. The first two lines of this hymn are the same as in Schenkendorf's song.