Marianne Faithfull - Ballad of the Soldier's Wife lyrics

What was sent to the soldier's wife

From the ancient city of Prague ?

From Prague came a pair of high heeled shoes,

With a kiss or two came the high heeled shoes

From the ancient city of Prague.

What was sent to the soldier's wife

From Oslo over the sound ?

From Oslo there came a collar of fur,

How it pleases her, the little collar of fur

From Oslo over the sound.

What was sent to the soldier's wife

From the wealth of Amsterdam ?

From Amsterdam he got her a hat,

She looked sweet in that,

In her little Dutch hat

From the wealth of Amsterdam.

What was sent to the soldier's wife

From Brussels in Belgian land ?

From Brussels he sent her those laces so rare

To have and to wear,

Allamp; those laces so rare

From Brussels in Belgian land.

What was sent to the soldier's wife

From Paris, city of light ?

In Paris he got her a silken gown,

'Twas ended in town that silken gown

From Paris city of light.

What was sent to the soldier's wife

From the South from Bucharest ?

From Bucharest he sent her a shirt

Embroidered and pert, that Rumanian shirt

From the South from Bucharest.

What was sent to the soldier's wife

From the far-off Russian land ?

From Russia there came just a widow's veil

For her dead to bewail in her widow's veil

From the far-off Russian land,

From the far-off Russian land.