Roman Wall Blues

Lyrics

Over the heather the wet wind blows I've lice in my tunic And a cold in my nose The rain comes falling out of the sky I'm a soldier on the wall I don't know why The mist is lying on a hard grey stone My woman is gone And I'm sleeping all alone There's somebody else Hanging 'round her place I don't like him, I don't like his face I saw a Christian worshipping a fish There would be no kissing If he had his wish She gave me a ring I gambled it away And I want my woman And I want my pay When I'm old with this only one eye I'll do nothing all day But look up at the sky I'm a soldier on the wall And I don't know why Over the heather the wet wind blows I've lice in my tunic And a cold in my nose The rain comes falling out of the sky I'm a soldier on the wall And I don't know why