Oh Elise I've called your name for a thousand nights ,
the moon as bright as your sparkling eyes ,
I'd wait just gazing at the evening sky ,
playing some musical tunes ,
...
Give me the scorn of the stars and a peak defiant;
Wail of the pines and a wind with the shout of a giant;
Night and a trail unknown and a heart reliant.
Give me to live and love in the old, bold fashion;
A soldier's billet at night and a soldier's ration;
A heart that leaps to the fight with a soldier's passion.