On rides a captain and three hundred soldier lads Out of the morning mist and through the silent snow Whistling gaily rides the captain at their head Behind him soldier boys sadly weeping go
For when you took my gold and swore to follow me You sold away your lives and your liberty No more you'll till the soil, no more you'll work the land No more to the dance you'll go and take girls by the hand
O mother weep for your son He is gone to kill and die
You'll weep, you'll die by the keen edge of the sword All alone by the muddy Danube shore He gave the order for the drummers to beat their drums That mothers all might know the life a soldier lives
Unfurl your ragged banners and raise your pale young face You'll all go in the fire, there'll be no hiding place O mother hear that drumbeat in the village square O mother that drum's for me to go for a soldier there
Mothers, sisters, wives, weep for us Marked as Cain we die aloneTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.