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AUSTRIAN CAVALRY SONG, by                    
First Line: There in the meadow-land
Last Line: Over belgrade!
Subject(s): Army - Austria; Cavalry; World War I; First World War


There in the meadow-land
Two jackdaws cry--
Is it on Danube's strand
I'll have to lie?
Or in a Polish grave?
Before my soul shall fly,
I'll fight a rider brave.

There on the field I see
Two ravens scurry.
Shall I the first one be
Whom they must bury?
What's that to me!
Many hundred thousands hurry
In Austria's cavalry.

There in the evening breath
Hover two crows:
When comes the reaper Death
Who mows and mows?
We're not afraid!
If but our banner blows
Over Belgrade!





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