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Lili Marleen [Lied eines jungen Wachtpostens]

Hans Leip
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INGLESE / ENGLISH [5] - Lale Andersen
THE TRUE STORY OF LILI MARLENE

( This is the story of Lili Marlene,
doo, doo, doo doo, doo! )


Would you like to hear the story,
of a girl that many soldiers know?
It's a tale of love in all it's glory,
they tell when the lights are soft an' low!

Underneath the lamp post by the brigades
standing all alone every night you'll see her wait,
she waits for a boy who marched away
and though he's gone, she hears him say:

"Oh promise you'll be true,
fare thee well Lili Marlene,
'till I return to you,
fare thee well Lili Marlene! "

( This is the story of Lili Marlene! )

With a kiss she gave her promise,
to be constant as the stars above,
every soldier knows she's kept her promise,
and she has been faithful to her love!

( Underneath the lamp post by the brigade
standing all alone every night you'll see her wait,
for this is the place a vow was made
and breezes sing her serenade . . . )


"Oh promise you'll be true,
fare thee well Lili Marlene,
'till I return to you,
fare thee well Lili Marlene, "

( This is the story of Lili Marlene!
Though wee stems have an ending,
no one knows just what the end will be
but tonight when twilight is descending,
if you'll come along, here's what you'll see . . . )


Underneath the lamp post by the brigade
standing all alone every night you'll see her wait,
and as they go marching to the fray
the soldiers all salute and say:

We'll tell him you've been true,
fare thee well Lili Marlene,
'till he returns to you,
fare thee well . . .
Lili Marlene!
LILI MARLEEN

Listen to the bugle, hear its silv'ry call,
Carried by the night air telling one and all,
"Now is the time to meet your girl,
to meet your girl,
to meet your girl",
as once I met Marleen...
my sweet Lili Marleen.

Underneath the lantern by the barracks gate,
there I met Marleen every night at eight...
That was the time in early Spring
when birds all sing
then Love was king,
of my heart and Marleen's,
of my heart and Marleen's.

Waiting for the drum beat signaling retreat,
walking in the shadows where all lovers meet.
Yes, those were days of long ago
I loved her so,
I couldn't know
that time would part Marleen,
that time would part Marleen.

Then I heard the bugle calling me away,
by the gate I kissed her, kissed her tears away.
And, by the flick'ring lantern's light
I held her tight,
t'was our last night,
my last night with Marleen
my last night with Marleen.

Still I hear the bugle, hear its silv'ry call,
carried by the night air telling one and all,
"Now is the time to meet your girl,
to meet your girl,
to meet your girl",
as once I met Marleen
my sweet Lili Marleen.


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