Lili Marlene

Lili Marlene - Anne Sheldon

Underneath the lantern

By the barrack gate

Darling I remember

The way you used to wait

T'was there that you whispered tenderly

That you loved me

You'd always be

My Lilli of the Lamplight

My own Lilli Marlene

Orders came for sailing

Somewhere over there

All confined to barracks

Was more than I could bear

I knew you were waiting in the street

I heard your feet

But could not meet

My Lilly of the Lamplight

My own Lilly Marlene

Resting in our billets

Just behind the lines

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 Lilly of the Lamplight

My own Lilly Marlene