Peat Bog Soldiers/Die Moorsoldaten
Theodore Bikel * Track #29 On Something to Sing About
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Peat Bog Soldiers/Die Moorsoldaten by Theodore Bikel
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Theodore BikelAbout
“Peat Bog Soldiers” is one of Europe’s most well-known protest songs. It became a song of resistance during WWII after being written, composed and first performed in a Nazi concentration camp by prisoners.
The words in german were written by Johann Esser and Wolfgang Langhoff
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Peat Bog Soldiers/Die Moorsoldaten Lyrics
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
We are the peat bog soldiers
We're marching with our spades to the moor
We are the peat bog soldiers
We're marching with our spades to the moor
Wohin auch das Auge blicket
Moor und Heide nur ringsum
Vogelsang uns nicht erquicket
Eichen stehen kahl und krumm
Wir sind die Moorsoldaten
Und ziehen mit den Spaten ins Moor
Wir sind die Moorsoldaten
Und ziehen mit den Spaten ins Moor
Auf und nieder geh'n die Posten
Keiner, keiner kann hindurch
Flucht wird nur und das Leben kosten
Vierfach ist umzäunt die Burg
But we show no hint of sorrow
Winter will in time be past
Dawn will break on a joyfull morrow
Freeman we shall be last
And will the peat bog soldiers
March no more with their spades to the moor
Und sind die Moorsoldaten
Nicht mir mit den Spaten ins Moor
Ins Moor, ins Moor
Peat Bog Soldiers/Die Moorsoldaten Q&A
Who wrote Peat Bog Soldiers/Die Moorsoldaten's ?
Peat Bog Soldiers/Die Moorsoldaten was written by Rudi Goguel & Wolfgang Langhoff & Johann Esser.