Roman Wall Blues

Roman Wall Blues - Alex Harvey

Written by：Wystan Hugh Auden

Over the heather the wet wind blows

Lice in my tunic a cold in my nose

The rain comes falling out of the sky

I'm a soldier on the wall and I don't know why

The mist is lying on a hard grey stone

My woman is gone and I'm sleepin' all alone

There's somebody else hangin' 'round her place

I don't like him I don't like his face

I saw a christian worshipping a fish

There would be no kissin' if he had his wish

She gave me a ring I gambled it away

And I want my woman and I want my pay

When I'm old and I only got one eye

There'll be no more soldiering just lookin' at the sky

I'm a soldier on the wall I'm a soldier on the wall

I'm a soldier on the wall and I don't know why

Over the heather the wet wind blows

Lice in my tunic and a cold in my nose

The rain comes falling out of the sky

I'm a soldier on the wall

I'm a soldier on the wall

I'm a soldier on the wall and I don't know why

I don't know how