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From the radio came a bugle call, then a tender, come-kiss-me womans voice singing in German the most haunting melody I'd ever heard.
Vor der Kaserne
vor dem grossen Tor
stand eine Laterne
und steht sie noch davor…
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vor dem grossen Tor
stand eine Laterne
und steht sie noch davor…
I didn't understand the words, nor did most of us. For we were not the German Afrikakorps but the British Eighth Army---the Desert Rats. Yet we were captivated by this mysterious voice that somehow reached deep into our thoughts and memories.Replica handbags
Only a short distance away, German soldiers were listening to the same song, sharing our loneliness and longings. This was the spring of 1942; both sides were far from home, but we were all in love with the same girl in the song. So were millions of other soldiers of almost every nationality---and they continue to sing of her to this day.nike shoes Her name was Lilli Marlene.nike shoes
Who was Lilli, and how did she transcend borders, Nike shoes languages and generations to become every soldier's sweetheart? Her story begins in 1915, in the early stage of World War I.
One foggy April night in Berlin, Hans Leip,wow gold a young officer cadet and budding poet, was standing guard outside a fusiliers barracks. Across the way, fog swirled eerily around a brightly lit lantern.wow gold
A little while before, Leip had been in the arms of a pretty greengrocers daughter nicknamed Lili. He was dreamily thinking about her when out of the lamp-lit haze came Marleen, a coquettish beauty with sea-green eyes whom Leip had met at an art gallery. wow gold For him it was love at first sight.
Marleen was on her way to a nearby hospital to help nurse wounded soldiers. She waved and called a greeting just as the sergeant of the guard came to the gate. Unable to reply, Leip forlornly watched her disappear in the fog.wow gold
That night, he lay on his bunk dreaming of Lili and Marleen, wedding dress and was inspired to write a poem coupling their names. He called it "Song of a Young Sentry".
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From the radio came a bugle call, then a tender, come-kiss-me womans voice singing in German the most haunting melody I'd ever heard.
Vor der Kaserne
vor dem grossen Tor
stand eine Laterne
und steht sie noch davor…
Vor der Kaserne
vor dem grossen Tor
stand eine Laterne
und steht sie noch davor…
I didn't understand the words, nor did most of us. For we were not the German Afrikakorps but the British Eighth Army---the Desert Rats. Yet we were captivated by this mysterious voice that somehow reached deep into our thoughts and memories.Replica handbags
Only a short distance away, German soldiers were listening to the same song, sharing our loneliness and longings. This was the spring of 1942; both sides were far from home, but we were all in love with the same girl in the song. So were millions of other soldiers of almost every nationality---and they continue to sing of her to this day.nike shoes Her name was Lilli Marlene.nike shoes
Who was Lilli, and how did she transcend borders, Nike shoes languages and generations to become every soldier's sweetheart? Her story begins in 1915, in the early stage of World War I.
One foggy April night in Berlin, Hans Leip,wow gold a young officer cadet and budding poet, was standing guard outside a fusiliers barracks. Across the way, fog swirled eerily around a brightly lit lantern.wow gold
A little while before, Leip had been in the arms of a pretty greengrocers daughter nicknamed Lili. He was dreamily thinking about her when out of the lamp-lit haze came Marleen, a coquettish beauty with sea-green eyes whom Leip had met at an art gallery. wow gold For him it was love at first sight.
Marleen was on her way to a nearby hospital to help nurse wounded soldiers. She waved and called a greeting just as the sergeant of the guard came to the gate. Unable to reply, Leip forlornly watched her disappear in the fog.wow gold
That night, he lay on his bunk dreaming of Lili and Marleen, wedding dress and was inspired to write a poem coupling their names. He called it "Song of a Young Sentry".
It tells of a soldier standing in lamplight outside a barracks saying good-bye to his sweetheart, Lilli Marleen. A bugle sounds. The soldier yearns to stay with Lili, but the bugle calls again.wedding dress
As he leaves, he wonders aloud: Should anything happen to me, will another man stand under the lamplight with my love? or will my ghost embrace her once again?
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