The new london chorale - The linden tree lyrics

Upon a distant hillside There stands a linden tree As children we would play there My friends and you and me We thought that it would never end For children never see We thought that we would always play Around the linden tree, around the linden tree One day your eyes were misty As eyes can sometimes be You told me that you loved me Beside the linden tree I thought you'd always be around For lovers never see I thought our children soon would play Around the linden tree, around the linden tree But then the trumpet sounded And love was not to be The call to d**h or glory Took you away from me You thought that you would never die For soldiers never see But we will never meet again Beneath the linden tree, beneath the linden tree And now I lay my flowers Beside the linden tree