The lyrics of the song O stratiotis by Vassilis Papakonstantinou translated to English
Stratiotis – English Lyrics
They told him, “You will wear the khaki (uniform)
You’ll march in front,
You’ll march in front
And.. you will be a hero.”
He doesn’t really speak much
His uniform doesn’t fit him
The uniform doesn’t fit him
The boots torture his feet
The marching cadence that I taught him to recite
It is fascistic and makes him cry
It is fascistic and makes him cry
The marching cadence that I taught him to recite..
No letters ever came from home
No one ever wrote to him
No one ever wrote to him
And.. he’d speak of mistakes
One day he got drunk
He threw aside the uniform
He threw aside the khaki
And he left alone
The marching cadence that I taught him to recite
It is fascistic and he’s ashamed to cry
It is fascistic and he’s ashamed to cry
The marching cadence that I taught him to recite