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作词 : Mike Batt

作曲 : Mike Batt

The smoke was slowly rising as the light began to fade

There were fires on the skyline from some distant border raid

And I was riding out at seventeen to join my first brigade

Many years ago

And I chanced upon a farmhouse where the woman took me in

She gave me food and wine, she gave me shelter from the wind

She delayed me from my regiment, and service of my king

Many years ago

She said

"Soldier, before I lose you to the fight

Oh my soldier, I'll make a man of you tonight"

She took me over

In the fading fire-glow

On that wild and misty night she was my woman

And when I rose next morning I was gone before she stirred

I tore myself away from there and left without a word

The sound of distant infantry was the only thing I heared

On that morning

And in that day I aged ten years and died a thousand deaths

I learned the feel of frozen steel and fear within my breast

But the lesson I'll remember till they lay me to my rest

Keeps returning

Soldier, before I lose you to the fight

Oh my soldier, I'll make a man of you tonight

She took me over

In the fading fire-glow

On that wild and misty night she was my woman

And when the dice of war were thrown and victory was won

My drunken young compatriots went out to have their fun

And there was no single house they did not burn or over-run

On that evening

So I rode out to that place again as hard as I could ride

But I found her by the trail along the lonely mountainside

In the hands of those brave friends of mine she suffered and she died

Many years ago

Soldier, before I lose you to the fight

Oh my soldier, I'll make a man of you tonight

She took me over

In the fading fire-glow

On that wild and misty night she was my woman