Folk song source:
Stari soldat putom gre/The Old Soldier is Walking Along the Road
Zvonimir Lovrenčević: Folklorna glazba Bilogore, iz arhiva Instituta za etnologiju i folkloristiku, Zagreb, 2012./Musical Folklore from Bilogora, from the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore archives, Zagreb, 2012
lyrics
STARI SOLDAT PUTOM GRE
Stari soldat putom gre, čik pobere, dobar je.
Vidil ga je kapetan, pa mu ga zeme (i)z zuba van.
Mladi soldat putom gre, čik pobere, dobar je.
Vidil ga je kapetan pa mu ga zeme (i)z zuba van.
Stari soldat putom gre, mladi soldat putom gre,
Stari soldat putom gre, mladi soldat opet gre,
I opet gre,I opet gre,I opet gre…
The old soldier is walking along the road. He picks up a cigarette butt, it's a good one. The captain sees him and snatches the butt from mouth. The young soldier is walking along the road. He picks up a cigarette butt, it's a good one. The captain sees him and snatches the butt from his mouth. The old soldier is walking along the road. The young soldier is walking along the road again, and he will be going again, and again, and again…
Just like the first song in the album, this one is about the repetition of everything. Those who are on top/in charge are the ones taking away/snatching from those who are subordinated. The downside of any system is in the people themselves - when human greed for power/wealth becomes insatiable.
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