When I leave you, dear, give me words of cheer to recall in time of pain. They will comfort me and will seem to be like the sunshine after rain. And 'mid shot and shell, Iβll remember well; youβve the heart of a soldier too.
Every time it rains, it rains pennies from heaven. Don't you know each cloud contains pennies from heaven? You'll find your fortune falling all over town. Be sure that your umbrella is upside down.
'Don't worry, mother; we'll be home by Christmas.' He said this, reassuring his mother. 'But which one will it be?' she said, looking up at her pride and joy with tears in her eyes.
I believed the world had descended into a second war because all the capable, smart men who could have prevented it were lying dead under Verdun, the Somme, and Passchendaele.
I'm stepping out with a memory tonight toΒ paint the town the way we used to do. I'll dine at the old cafe where we had so much fun and order cocktails for two instead of the usual one.
Schenke mir eine Rose als Zeichen deiner Liebe. Binde an ihren Stiel eine goldfarbene Locke. Sicherlich wirst du morgen traurig sein, aber du wirst dich auf's Neue verlieben. Du, Lili Marleen. Du, Lili Marleen.