"The Good Comrade" was composed by Ludwig Uhland in 1809 and arranged by Friedrich Silcher in 1825. As a song it is better known under the first line of the first stanza: "I have a Comrade."

Even in non-German-speaking countries, the song is popular in English, French, Italian and Spanish, and belongs in some countries (for example, in Chile and Bulgaria) to the traditional songs of the armed forces.

The song was created in 1809 under the impression of the use of "Baden" troops under Frenc...