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
Up and down the guards are pacing
No one, no one can go through
Flight would mean a sure death facing
Guns and barbed-wire greet our view
But for is there is no complaining
Winter will in time be past
One day we shall cry rejoicing
"Homeland, dear, you´re mine at last"
We are the Peat Bog Soldiers
We´re marching with our spades to the bog
Then will the Peat Bog Soldiers
March no more with the spades to the bog
# The German original lyrics,
# written by Rudi Goguel (Music: Hanns Eisler)
# in the German Conzentration Camp Börgermoor II
Wohin auch das Auge blicket, Moor und Heide nur ringsrum
Vogelsang uns nicht erquicket, Eichen stehen kahl und krumm
Auf und nieder geh´n die Posten, keiner, keiner kann hindurch
Flucht wird nur das Leben kosten, vielfach ist umzäunt die Burg
Heimwärts, heimwärts, jeder sehnet, nach der Mutter, Frau und Kind
Manche Brust ein Seufzer dehnet, weil wir hier gefangen sind
Morgens ziehen die Kolonnen, durch das Moor zur Arbeit hin
Graben bei dem Brand der Sonne, doch zur Heimat steht der Sinn
Doch für uns gibt es kein Klagen, ewig kann´s nicht Winter sein
Einmal werden froh wir sagen "Heimat, Du bist wieder mein"
Wir sind die Moorsoldaten
und ziehen mit dem Spaten ins Moor
Dann ziehen die Moorsoldaten
NICHT MEHR mit dem Spaten ins Moor
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