The Ballad of The Soldiers Wife

<br>What was sent to the soldiers wife<br><br>From the ancient city of prague ? <br><br>From prague came a pair of high heeled shoes,<br><br>With a kiss or two came the high heeled shoes<br><br>From the ancient city of prague.<br><br><br><br>What was sent to the soldiers wife<br><br>From oslo over the sound ? <br><br>From oslo he sent her a collar of fur,<br><br>How it pleases her, the little collar of fur<br><br>From oslo over the sound.<br><br><br><br>What was sent to the soldiers wife<br><br>From the wealth of amsterdam ? <br><br>From amsterdam, he got her a hat,<br><br>She looked sweet in that,<br><br>In her little dutch hat<br><br>From the wealth of amsterdam.<br><br><br><br>What was sent to the soldiers wife<br><br>From brussels in belgian land ? <br><br>From brussels he sent her the laces so rare<br><br>To have and to wear,<br><br>All those laces so rare<br><br>From brussels in belgian land.<br><br><br><br>What was sent to the soldiers wife<br><br>From paris, city of light ? <br><br>From paris he sent her a silken gown,<br><br>It was ended in town, that silken gown,<br><br>From paris, city of light.<br><br><br><br>What was sent to the soldiers wife<br><br>From the south, from bucharest ? <br><br>From bucharest he got her this shirt<br><br>Embroidered and pert, that rumanian shirt<br><br>From the south, from bucharest.<br><br><br><br>What was sent to the soldiers wife<br><br>From the far-off russian land ? <br><br>From russia he sent her a widows veil<br><br>For her dead to bewail in her widows veil<br><br>From the far-off russian land,<br><br>From the far-off russian land.<br><br><br><br>Thank you.