PJ Harvey : Ballad of the soldier's wife - lyrics - Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht

See also : PJ Harvey : "Hook", Live : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjFoiiLmaOU *** Soldier's wife, in a brilliant sequence shot - Lyrics : " What was sent to the soldier's wife
From the ancient city of Prague
From Prague came a pair of high-heeled shoes
With a kiss or two came the high-heeled shoes
From the ancient city of Prague

What was sent to the soldier's wife
From Oslo, over the sound
From Oslo there came a collar of fur
How appeases her, little collar of fur
From Oslo, over the sound

What was sent to the soldier's wife
From the wealth of Amsterdam
From Amsterdam
He got her a hat
She looked sweet in that
In a little dutch hat
From the wealth of Amsterdam

What was sent to the soldier's wife
From Brussels in Belgium land
From Brussels he sent her laces so rare
To have and to wear
Oh those laces so rare
From Brussels in Belgium land

What was sent to the soldier's wife
From Paris, city of light
In Paris he got her a silken gown
T'was end in town
Oh silken gown
From Paris, city of light
What was sent to the soldier's wife
From the south from Bucharest
From Bucharest
He sent her his shirt
Embroidered and pert
That Rumanian shirt
From the south of Bucharest

What was sent to the soldier's wife
From far-off Russian land
From Russia there came
Just a widow's veil
A death to be wed
In her widows veil
From the far-off Russian land " PJ Harvey sings Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht's "Ballad of the soldier's wife" Brecht, Weill : Ballade von der Frau des Soldaten, PJ Harvey, Ballade de la femme du soldat.


PJ Harvey : Ballad of the soldier's wife, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, September songs : the music of Kurt Weill, Larry Weinstein Brecht, Weill : Ballade der Frau des Soldaten

PJ Harvey : Rid of me, 1993 : "Rid of Me" 4:28, "Missed" 4:25, "Legs" 3:40, "Rub 'til It Bleeds" 5:03, PJ Harvey, "Hook" 3:57, "Man-Size Sextet" 2:18, Highway 61 revisited (Bob Dylan) -"50ft Queenie" 2:23, PJ Harvey, "Yuri-G" 3:28, "Man-Size" 3:16, "Dry" 3:23, "Me-Jane" 2:42, "Snake" 1:36, "Ecstasy" 4:26 - Down by the water

PJ Harvey : "To bring you my love", 1995 : "To Bring You My Love" - "Meet ze Monsta" - "Working for the Man" - "C'mon Billy" - "Teclo" - "Long Snake Moan" 5:17 PJ Harvey, "Down by the Water" - "I Think I'm a Mother" - "Send His Love to Me" PJ Harvey : "The Dancer"

PJ Harvey : B-Sides : The Falling - The Phone Song - Bows & Arrows Angel Stone Who the F*** (4-tracks demo version)

B-Sides CD 2 : "Reeling" - "Daddy" - "Lying in the Sun" PJ Harvey, "Somebody's Down, Somebody's Name" - "Darling Be There" - "Maniac" - "One Time Too Many" - 2:52 - "Harder" - "Goodnight".

PJ Harvey : Is this desire ?, 1998 : "Angelene" "The Sky Lit Up" "The Wind" "My Beautiful Leah" "A Perfect Day Elise" PJ Harvey, "Catherine" "Electric Light" "The Garden" "Joy" "The River" "No Girl So Sweet" "Is This Desire?"

PJ Harvey : "Stories from the cities, Stories from the sea", 2000 : "Big Exit" - "Good Fortune" - "A Place Called Home" PJ Harvey, "One Line" - "Beautiful Feeling" - "The Whores Hustle and the Hustlers Whore" - "This Mess We're In" (featuring Thom Yorke) - "You Said Something" - "Kamikaze" - "This Is Love" - "Horses in My Dreams" - "We Float" - "This Wicked Tongue" (UK & Japan bonus track)

PJ Harvey : Uh Huh Her, 2004 : "Shame" "The Life & Death of Mr. Badmouth" "Who the Fuck?" "Pocket Knife" "The Letter" "The Slow Drug" "No Child of Mine" "Cat on the Wall" PJ Harvey, "You Come Through" "It's You" "The End" "The Desperate Kingdom of Love" Untitled ("Seagulls") PJ Harvey : "The Darker Days of Me & Him".

PJ Harvey : White chalk, 2007 : "The Devil" "Dear Darkness" "Grow Grow Grow" "When Under Ether" PJ Harvey, "White Chalk" "Broken Harp" "Silence" "To Talk to You" "The Piano" "Before Departure" "The Mountain"

PJ Harvey, John Parish, A woman a man walked by , 2009 : "Black Hearted Love" "Sixteen, Fifteen, Fourteen" PJ Harvey, John Parish, "Leaving California" "The Chair" "April" "A Woman a Man Walked By/The Crow Knows Where All the Little Children Go" "The Soldier" "Pig Will Not" "Passionless, Pointless" "Cracks in the Canvas"

PJ Harvey : Let's England shake

PJ Harvey, John Parish - Cat on the wall - Losing ground - That was my veil - White chalk - Dear darkness - When under ether - Broken harp - To talk to you - The piano - The mountain - Silence - John Parish - Dancehall at Louse Point - Civil War correspondent - The book of life - PJ Harvey - Satisfaction - Mike Harvey - Nick Cave - Henri Lee - Where the wild roses grow - Rob Ellis - PJ Harvey in The darker days of me and him, the darker days of me & him, PJ Harvey, Tricky, Broken homes, PJ Harvey, Björk, Satisfaction

PJ Harvey, Brecht, ballad of the soldier's wife - Weill, Balade de la femme du soldat. - PJ Harvey, Youtube - PJ Harvey, You Tube

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[gustavtube1]

I think like all great poems it is universal - at least that's what I would have expected from Brecht. For such simple words and images doesn't it just hit the spot? Polly's rendition and the ironical triviality of the objects portreyed in the video just add that extra bit of individual sadness to what I consider to be the greatest poem of the Second World War

[Downbythewater73]

@gustavtube1 : Agree.

[scottjhnsn]

mainstream? do you even know the meaning of mainstream? if she were we'd hear her music all over top 40 stations et al. she is not mainstream. she is however an acclaimed artist that is highly respected but that doesn't equate to being mainstream.

[Downbythewater73]

@scottjhsn : Agree !!!

[bahekost]

I didn't expect that this song may sound nice in English. To me, it's much better than German original.

There's also quite good Polish version, but it's much faster and more rock ;]

Search for Kazik Staszewski - "Ballada o kobiecie żołnierza", if you're interested.

[Yngelel]

This is a very sensual video, so raw. Love this performance!

[EddieEssence]

goddamn.. I love this wife.. :)

[Flippaarn]

When is this from? Guess 94 because she has the same hairstyle as i the duet with Bjork?

[horrorflesh]

@brainfeeeeder - so if it aint sex why am i getting a boner?

[brainfeeeeder]

@horrorflesh So a nightgown means using one's sex? Get outta here. Polly isn't running around popping and locking it for her cash, please get some perspective.

[horrorflesh]

Why does she have to sit there in a night gawn? It did not think that PJ Harvey would use her sex to make her bucks. Thats a downer.

[MFPhoto1]

What is not mentions is that this clip is from the movie September Songs. It's a great film to watch. The highlight is Lou Reed doing the title song. Anyway, this clip looks like it was filmed directly off a TV screen. The sound quality is not so great either. There has to be a better quality clip somewhere.

[rexetienne]

i'm en italian soldier... i was in somaly... i was in kosovo... i was in iraq... i was in afganistan... i was in libanon... I always come back

... I'm still alive... but there's no more my wife to wait for me...