the song is arranged by German songwriter and later National Socialist FritzSotke (1902–1970) in 1919. As a song about the German Peasants' War, the song
sind des Geyers schwarzer Haufen", a World War I-era composition by FritzSotke with lyrics from Heinrich von Reder. The song has a strong anti-clerical
Quickborn Bewegung], with many expanded reprints, certainly up to 1976 FritzSotke [de], Unsere Lieder – Ein Liederbuch für die wandernde Jugend; Sauerland