Romanian Song (Blood and Gold)

O rides a captain and three hundred soldier lads
Out of the morning mist thro’ the silent snow
Whistling gaily rides the captain at their head
Behind him soldier boys sadly weeping go

O lads of mine weep no more
You are gone to kill and die

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 the 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 drummer to beat their drums
That mothers all might know the life a soldier leads

O mothers weep for your sons
They are gone to kill an die

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 drums for me to go for a soldier there

Mothers, sisters, wives, weep for us
Marked as Cain we lie alone