Songtext von Five Miles From Home (soon I'll See Mary)

The night was dark and cold the rain was falling down And on the road a soldier walked just thirty miles from town Though the cold wind chilled him to the very bone He looked up to the skies and smiled just thirty miles from home Soon I'll see Mary I missed her so I'll be home for thirty days just twenty miles to go He saw the lights of a collar approaching from the rear He turned and raised a trembling hand as he passed so near But no one would pick a soldier up on the road alone Just fifteen miles from home fifteen miles from home Soon I'll see Mary I missed her so I'll be home for thirty days just ten miles to go But early next morning the soldier boy was found They say he's stopped to lie and rest upon that frozen ground A hundred cars had passed him by walking on the road alone But no one would pick a soldier up just five miles from home Soon I'll see Mary I missed her so I'll be home for thirty days just five miles from home