Текст песни Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad of the Soldier`s Wife
Marianne Faithfull - The Ballad of the Soldier`s Wife слова песни
What was sent to the soldier`s wife
From the ancient city of Prague ?
From Prague came a pair of high heeled shoes,
With a kiss or two came the high heeled shoes
From the ancient city of Prague.
What was sent to the soldier`s wife
From Oslo over the sound ?
From Oslo he sent her a collar of fur,
How it pleases her, the little collar of fur
From Oslo over the sound.
What was sent to the soldier`s wife
From the wealth of Amsterdam ?
From Amsterdam, he got her a hat,
She looked sweet in that,
In her little Dutch hat
From the wealth of Amsterdam.
What was sent to the soldier`s wife
From Brussels in Belgian land ?
From Brussels he sent her the laces so rare
To have and to wear,
All those laces so rare
From Brussels in Belgian land.
What was sent to the soldier`s wife
From Paris, city of light ?
From Paris he sent her a silken gown,
It was ended in town, that silken gown,
From Paris, city of light.
What was sent to the soldier`s wife
From the South, from Bucharest ?
From Bucharest he got her this shirt
Embroidered and pert, that Rumanian shirt
From the South, from Bucharest.
What was sent to the soldier`s wife
From the far-off Russian land ?
From Russia he sent her a widow`s veil
For her dead to bewail in her widow`s veil
From the far-off Russian land,
From the far-off Russian land.
Thank you.