Soldier's Song

The waters are hesitating under the large bridge in Komárno

Song

The waters hesitate under the great bridge of Komárno, ; The famous girls of Ócsa are picking lilies of the valley. ; Pick, my baby, my old baby, pick the flower. ; If you knew that you didn't love me, why did you cheat on me? ; ; A warship is docked in the harbor of Komárno, ; T... Read More

My dear mother was drafted into the army.

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My dear, dear mother, I was drafted into the army, ; My dear, dear mother, I must leave my baby here. ; Don't cry, dear mother, I'll be back soon, ; If I don't die, far away to great Russia.' ; ; The car whistles, quickly out to the station, ; But many mothers look after her, cry... Read More

The car whistles as it starts to go.

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The machine whistles as it starts, ; It will stop in the Czech Republic. ; My engineer, stop the machine, ; Let me hug, let me kiss my lover. ; ; They are looking for, looking for my baptismal certificate, ; Not even the priest can find it. ; May the republic find it, ; Who enlis... Read More

The stork landed on the Terezin barracks

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The stork landed on the Terezin barracks, ; He brought water in his beak for the recruits. ; Wash yourselves, recruits, because you are dusty, ; Only God knows when you will be released. ; ; When I started to drill, the rifle was the first, ; The furrier cried, his tears fell lik... Read More

They spend their mornings from my warm bed

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They sing from my warm bed in the morning, ; Just then I was dreaming about my old baby. ; In my dreams I was talking, they were drafted, yet I didn't cry, ; They were drafted, soldiers, I'll leave my baby here. ; ; By the Danube, by the Danube there is a round forest, ; In the m... Read More

The beautiful moonlight shone on the barracks yard

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The beautiful moonlight shone in the barracks yard, ; A thirteen-year-old soldier's horse on its iron bed. ; Even the moon sheds tears on the farewell horse, ; God bless the mountainous, valley-lined border of the city of Bratislava. ; ; God bless, my little angel, I'm going on v... Read More

When I walked towards the station even the trees were crying

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When I walked towards the station, even the trees were crying, ; The falling leaves of the aspen tree, they all mourn me. ; Cry, cry, aspen tree, fall on my baby's shoulder, ; Whisper in her ear, it hurts, but my heart hurts for her. ; ; My mother's rose tree, I am its most beaut... Read More

But in vain the many roses bloom in Budapest

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But in vain it blooms, in vain it blooms, in Budapest the many roses, ; Four mountain gunners, four mountain gunners, can never part with it. ; Whoever is on the battlefield, let him cry his baby day and night, ; Csárdás little angel, on the Romanian border, I am a four mountain ... Read More

There is a round forest near Warsaw.

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Near Warsaw there is a round forest, ; In the middle of it a mournful new cemetery, ; Inside lie a hundred and twenty Hungarian dead, ; Buried by Galicia. ; ; Read More

The sun is setting.

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1. The sun is setting, ; Towards the bottom of the sky, ; The young men are marching, ; The eighteen-year-olds ; Towards the barracks. ; ; 2. He goes into the room ; He sits on the iron bed, ; He bows his head, ; He sheds his sad tears, ; On the gray camp clothes. ; ; 3. My God, ... Read More