Durchmarsch

Mountain troops with ponies head
westwards in crowds like giant herds
to capture the Vosges ridge is their intent
and each man to defend himself to the end

So conduct of the war is right
the anti-tank gun is quite vital
Hitched to lorries many such guns have found
Their way through our town.

The Blitzkrieg is well known to us indeed
Engines help conquer enemy land at speed
But do beware, when they are then set free,
there's no resistance to their wild careering
Through the narrow streets of folk like you and me,
So run, instead of strolling, stopping, staring.

"Better safe than sorry" they advise,
and so that you avoid the airmens' eyes
the German forest is the place to hide
and paint yourself both brightly-hued and pied.



FRA IT