Surely the
favorite
song of soldiers during World War II, Lillie Marlene became the unofficial anthem of the foot soldiers of both forces in the war.
Original German lyrics from a poem "The Song of a Young Sentry" by World War I German soldier, Hans Leip, who wrote these verses before going to the Russian front in 1915, combining the name of his girlfriend, Lillie [the daughter of a grocer], and a nurse named "Marlene".
There are many version of this song, since is so emblematic. Lucifer not only did a cover of this song, which she changed the lyrics to japanese, she also wrote a novel named "Lillie Marlene".
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