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Peat Bog Soldiers

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Peat Bog Soldiers

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PETE SEEGER lyrics - Peat Bog Soldiers

"Peat Bog Soldiers" ringtone

Far and wide as the eye can wander,

Heath and bog are everywhere,

Not a bird sings out to cheer us,

Oaks are standing, gaunt and bare.

[Chorus:]

We are the peat bog soldiers.

We're marching with our spades,

To the bog.

Up and down the guards are pacing,

No one, no one can go through.

Flight would mean a sure death facing,

Guns and barbed wire greet our view.

But for us there is no complaining,

Winter will in time be past.

One day we shall cry rejoicing,

"Homeland dear, you're mine at last!"

[Final Chorus:]

Then will the peat bog soldiers,

March no more with spades,

To the bog.

[Original Version:]

[Die Moorsoldaten]

Wohin auch das Auge blicket

Moor und Heide nur ringsum

Vogelsang uns nicht erquicket

Eichen stehen kahl und krumm

[Refrain:]

Wir sind die Moorsoldaten

Und ziehen mit dem Spaten

Ins Moor

Hier in dieser sden Heide

Ist das Lager aufgebaut

Wo wir fern von jeder Freude

Hinter Stacheldraht verstaut

Morgens ziehen die Kolonnen

In das Moor zur Arbeit hin

Graben bei dem Brand der Sonne

Doch zur Heimat steht ihr Sinn

Heimwsrts, heimwsrts jeder sehnet

Nach den Eltern, Weib und Kind

Manche Brust ein Seufzer dehnet

Weil wir hier gefangen sind

Auf und nieder gehn die Posten

Keiner, keiner kann hindurch

Flucht wird uns das Leben kosten

Vierfach ist umzsunt die Burg

Doch fur uns gibt es kein Klagen

Ewig kann's nicht Winter sein

Einmal werden froh wir sagen

"Heimat, du bist wieder mein"

[Refrain:]

Dann ziehn die Moorsoldaten

N i c h t mehr mit dem Spaten

Ins Moor!

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