"Und was bekam des Soldaten Weib" is a poem from the theatre drama "Schweyk im Zweiten Weltkrieg". This work was written by Bertolt Brecht in 1943, while in exile in California and is a retelling of the 1923 novel "The Good Soldier Švejk" by Jaroslav Hašek. The poem became famous outside the context of the play and was set to music by various composers.