THEN AND NOW

The first ruler was Sultan Osman
Sultan Osman
Left us our cuntry
As his legacy
March march forward again
Persian campaign Baghdat campaign Cretan campaign
Estergon Tower hey my beauty
Nish Kosova Chaldrian
Leaves above us earth below
March march forward again
Crimean campaign Iraq campaign Russian campaign
March march
Pasarovitz Karlovitz Kaynarja
Kaynarja Pasarovitz Karlovitz
Karlovitz Pasarovitz
Karlovitz Pasarovitz
Forward brother forward I say
Lepanto Preveze Plevna
My blood drops warm upon the green
Forward forward again
Egyptiancampaign Yemen Campaign Suez campaign
Reformation Constituion Republic
Vienna Se'vres Lausanne
Speech after speech after speech
Firman after firman
Still in our peasants' had a wooden plough
Our people half fed half starved
Now
As when it all began

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