《Banks Of The Nile》是Fotheringay演唱的歌曲，收錄於專輯《No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology》。
基本介紹
- 外文名：Banks Of The Nile
- 所屬專輯：No More Sad Refrains: The Anthology
- 歌曲原唱：Fotheringay
- 歌曲語言：英語
歌曲歌詞
Oh hark the drums do beat
My love no longer can we stay
The bugle-horns are sounding clear
And we must march away
Were ordered down to portsmouth
And its many is the weary mile
To join the british army on the banks of the nile
Oh willie dearest willie
Don't leave me here to mourn
Don't make me curse and rue the day that ever I was born
For the parting of our love would be like parting with my life
So stay at home
My dearest love
And I will be your wife
Oh my nancy dearest nancy
Sure that will never do
The government has ordered
And we are bound to go
The government has ordered
And the queen she gives command
And I am bound on oath my love
To serve in a foreign land
Oh but Ill cut off my yellow hair
And Ill go along with you
Ill dress myself in uniform
And Ill see egypt too
Ill march beneath your banner while fortune it do smile
And well comfort one another
On the banks of the nile
But your waist it is too slender
And your fingers they are too small
In the sultry suns of egypt your rosy cheeks would spoil
Where the cannons they do rattle
When the bullets they do fly
And the silver trumpets sound
So loud to hide the dismal cries
Oh cursed be those cruel wars
That ever they began
For they have robbed our country
Of manys the handsome men
Theyve robbed us of our sweethearts
While their bodies they feed the lions
On the dry and sandy deserts
Which are the banks of the nile
