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What was sent to the soldier's wife |
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From the ancient city of Prague ? |
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From Prague came a pair of high heeled shoes, |
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With a kiss or two came the high heeled shoes |
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From the ancient city of Prague. |
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What was sent to the soldier's wife |
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From Oslo over the sound ? |
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From Oslo there came a collar of fur, |
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How it pleases her, the little collar of fur |
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From Oslo over the sound. |
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What was sent to the soldier's wife |
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From the wealth of Amsterdam ? |
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From Amsterdam he got her a hat, |
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She looked sweet in that, |
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In her little Dutch hat |
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From the wealth of Amsterdam. |
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What was sent to the soldier's wife |
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From Brussels in Belgian land ? |
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From Brussels he sent her those laces so rare |
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To have and to wear, |
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Allamp; those laces so rare |
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From Brussels in Belgian land. |
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What was sent to the soldier's wife |
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From Paris, city of light ? |
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In Paris he got her a silken gown, |
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'Twas ended in town that silken gown |
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From Paris city of light. |
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What was sent to the soldier's wife |
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From the South from Bucharest ? |
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From Bucharest he sent her a shirt |
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Embroidered and pert, that Rumanian shirt |
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From the South from Bucharest. |
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What was sent to the soldier's wife |
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From the far-off Russian land ? |
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From Russia there came just a widow's veil |
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For her dead to bewail in her widow's veil |
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From the far-off Russian land, |
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From the far-off Russian land. |
