Key: B
Introduction:
Bm Gm Bm Gm
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Bm G Bm G
What was sent to the soldier's wife
Bm G Bm G
From the ancient city of prague ?
F# D Bm
From prague came a pair of high heeled shoes
A G
With a kiss or two came the high heeled shoes
F# Bm G Bm G Bm G Bm G
From the ancient city of prague
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Bm G Bm G
What was sent to the soldier's wife
Bm G Bm G
From oslo over the sound ?
F# D Bm
From oslo There came a collar of fur
A G
How it pleases her, the little collar of fur
F# Bm
From oslo over the sound
D A
What was sent to the soldier's wife
D A
From the wealth of amsterdam ?
G D C#m
From amsterdam, he got her a hat
B
She looked sweet in that
A
In her little dutch hat
F# Bm
From the wealth of amsterdam
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Bm G Bm G
What was sent to the soldier's wife
Bm G Bm G
From brussels in belgian land ?
F# D Bm
From brussels he sent her the laces so rare
A G
To have and to wear, all those laces so rare
F# Bm
From brussels in belgian land
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Bm G Bm G
What was sent to the soldier's wife
Bm G Bm G
From paris, city of light ?
F# D Bm
From paris he sent her a silken gown
A G
It was ended in town, that silken gown
F# Bm
From paris, city of light
D A
What was sent to the soldier's wife
D A
From the south, from bucharest ?
G D Dbm
From bucharest he got her this shirt
B A
Embroidered and pert, that rumanian shirt
F#m Bm
From the south, from bucharest
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Bm G Bm G
What was sent to the soldier's wife
Bm G Bm G
From the far-off russian land ?
F# D Bm
From russia there came just a widow's veil
A G
For her dead to bewail in her widow's veil
F# Bm
From the far-off russian land
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