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Thread #126278   Message #2804297
Posted By: Darren Raleigh
05-Jan-10 - 05:31 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: No Man's Land with German lyrics
Subject: Lyr Req: No Man's Land with German lyrics
Hello. Crazed Harper here again. This time I'm asking for some lyrics help. It's been my intent to include one anti-war song in every concert I do. Most recently I've added Red and Gold to the list, and now I'm casting about for the next one to arrage for Celtic Harp and vocal, as that's what I do.

Anyway, I've been intending for a while to do Eric Bogle's No Man's Land, and I've just heard a version with two of the verses in German. The gist of the German lyrics is about the young people getting lied to in order to get them to pick up them rifles, boys. I probably won't include it in the same concert as All the Fine Young Men.

Anyway, the German lyrics were written by Hannes Wader. If I can get hold of the German lyrics then probably my highschool German is up to the task of singing them.

Can any here at the Mudcat help? Thanks. Extra gratitude for a rough translation of the German lyrics. It's been a long time since high school.