An Cat Dubh Peatbog Soldiers Lyrics

Peatbog Soldiers Lyrics

Strophe:

a a 

Far and wide as the eye can wander,

G F e a 

Heath and bog are everywhere,

C C

Not a bird sings out to cheer
us,

G F e a 

Oaks are standing gaunt and bare.



Refrain:

C G 

We are the peatbog soldiers 

F e 

We4re marching with our spades 

G a

To the moor.



Strophe:

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.



Refrain:

Strophe:

But for us
there is no complaining,

Winter will in time be past,

One day we
shall cry rejoicing:

Homeland dear you4re mine at last!



Refrain: