Peat Bog Soldiers

Pete Seeger

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Pete Seeger

Peter "Pete" Seeger (born May 3, 1919) is an iconic American folk singer. A fixture on nationwide radio in the 1940s, he also had a string of hit records during the early 1950s as a member of The Weavers, most notably their recording of Lead Belly's "Goodnight, Irene", which topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. Members of The Weavers were blacklisted during the McCarthy Era. In the 1960s, he re-emerged on the public scene as a prominent singer of protest music in support of international disarmament, civil rights, and environmental causes. more »


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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

We are the peat bog soldiers
We're marching with our spades to the bog
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 us there is no complaining
Winter will in time be past
One day we shall cry rejoicing
"Homeland dear, you're mine at last!"

Then will the peat bog soldiers
March no more with spades to the bog


Wohin auch das Auge blicket
Moor und Heide nur ringsum
Vogelsang uns nicht erquicket
Eichen stehen kahl und krumm
Wir sind die Moorsoldaten
Und ziehen mit dem Spaten ins Moor
Hier in dieser sden Heide
Ist das Lager aufgebaut
Wo wir fern von jeder Freude
Hinter Stacheldraht verstaut
Morgens ziehen die Kolonnen
In das Moor zur Arbeit hin
Graben bei dem Brand der Sonne
Doch zur Heimat steht ihr Sinn
Heimwsrts, heimwsrts jeder sehnet
Nach den Eltern, Weib und Kind
Manche Brust ein Seufzer dehnet
Weil wir hier gefangen sind
Auf und nieder gehn die Posten
Keiner, keiner kann hindurch
Flucht wird uns das Leben kosten
Vierfach ist umzsunt die Burg
Doch fur uns gibt es kein Klagen
Ewig kann's nicht Winter sein
Einmal werden froh wir sagen
"Heimat, du bist wieder mein"
Dann ziehn die Moorsoldaten
N i c h t mehr mit dem Spaten ins Moor!

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