Lili Marlene

Underneath the lantern by the barrack gate,

Darling I remember the way you used to wait;

'Twas you lov'd me, you'd always be,

My illi of the lamplight,

My own Lilli Marlene.

 

Time would come for roll call time for us to part

Darling I'd caress you and press you to my heart.

And there 'neath that far off lantern light

I'd hold you tight we'd kiss goodnight,

My illi of the lamplight,

My own Lilli Marlene.

 

Orders came for sailing somewhere over there,

All confined to barracks was ore than I could bear;

I knew you were waiting in the street,

I heard your feet but could not meet,

My illi of the lamplight,

My own Lilli Marlene.

 

Resting in a billet just behind the line

Even tho' we're parted your lips are close to mine,

You wait where that lantern softly gleams

Your sweet face seems to haunt my dreams,

My illi of the lamplight,

My own Lilli Marlene.