PJ Harvey – Ballad Of The Soldiers Wife (Guitar)

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What was sent to the soldier's wife

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From the ancient city of Prague ?

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From Prague came a pair of high heeled shoes

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With a kiss or two came the high heeled shoes

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From the ancient city of Prague

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What was sent to the soldier's wife

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From Oslo over the sound ?

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From Oslo there came a collar of fur

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How it pleases her, the little collar of fur

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From Oslo over the sound

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What was sent to the soldier's wife

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From the wealth of Amsterdam ?

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From Amsterdam, he got her a hat

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She looked sweet in that

       A
In her little Dutch hat

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From the wealth of Amsterdam

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What was sent to the soldier's wife

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From Brussels in Belgian land ?

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From Brussels he sent her laces so rare

        A                       G
To have and to wear, oh those laces so rare

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From Brussels in Belgian land

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What was sent to the soldier's wife

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From Paris, city of light ?

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In Paris he got her a silken gown

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It was envied in town, oh that silken gown

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From Paris, city of light

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What was sent to the soldier's wife

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From the south, from Bucharest ?

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From Bucharest he sent her a shirt

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Embroidered and pert, that Rumanian shirt

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From the south, from Bucharest

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What was sent to the soldier's wife

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From the far-off Russian land ?

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From Russia there came just a widow's veil

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For her dead to bewail in her widow's veil

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From the far-off Russian land