Will Ye Go To Flanders
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Originale | La versione interpretata da Karine Polwart |
WILL YE GO TO FLANDERS | WILL YE GO TAE FLANDERS? |
Will ye go to Flanders, my Mally, O? | Will ye go tae Flanders, my Mally O? |
Will ye go to Flanders, my Mally, O? | Will ye go tae Flanders, my Mally O? |
There we'll get wine and brandy, | We’ll get wine and brandy, |
And sack and sugar-candy | Sac and sugar candy, |
Will ye go to Flanders, my Mally, O? | Will ye go tae Flanders, my Mally O. |
Will ye go to Flanders, my Mally, O? | Will ye go tae Flanders, my Mally O? |
And see the bonny soldjers there, my Mally, O | Tae see the bonnie soldiers, my Mally O? |
They'll gie the pipes a blaw | They’ll gie the pipes a blaw, |
Wi' their plaids and kilts sae braw, | Wi their kilts and plaids sae braw, |
The fairest o' them a', my Mally, O | Ae the fairest o’ them a, my Mally O. |
Will ye go to Flanders, my Mally, O? | Will ye go tae Flanders, my Mally O? |
And see the chief commanders, my Mally, O | Gin I tak the royal shillin there my Mally O? |
You'll see the bullets fly | Will ye tae a foreign shore, |
And the soldiers how they die | For tae hear the cannon roar, |
And the ladies loudly cry, my Mally, O? | And the bloody shouts o’ war, my Mally O? |
Will ye go to Flanders, my Mally, O? | Will ye go tae Flanders, my Mally O? |
And join the bold hielanders, my Mally, O? | Tae see the bold commanders, my Mally O? |
Ye'll hear the captains callin' | Will ye see the bullets fly, |
And see the sergeants crawlin' | And the soldiers how they die, |
And a' the soldjers fallin', my Mally, O. | And the ladies how they cry, my Mally O? |