European Resistance Archive/European Resistance Archive (ERA)
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to carry an MG!
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Once some fella, can’t say which one,
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Was left at night to clean the gun.
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He released the trigger, a rumble ruined the couch
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The neighbours, as they stood, in fear would crouch!
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Now whole of Warsaw knows
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Every single kid and watchman,
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Shoot, not to lose one’s touch
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Why bother with the couch?’
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Surrounded by German troops, escape
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They attacked us there.
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I was very ill at the time, because I had been marching for a long time
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and I had some grazes on the leg.
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The legs, always in long boots, were eaten by lice.
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This was the time when you could take your boots off, taking time to scratch your feet stung by lice.
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It resulted in festering wounds and infections. I had high fever, I couldn’t walk.
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The commander took out the maps and tried to figure out how to get away.
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He spread these maps and I saw how calm he was.
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After all, the cannonade around meant we were going to fight.
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And he was just lying there calm, on this blanket looking at the maps.
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