Verse: 1 
Em 
Far and wide as the eye can wander, 
Am        Em      D     Em 
Heath and bog are every where. 
G 
Not a bird sings out to cheer us. 
A    Em           D         Em 
Oaks are standing gaunt and bare. 


[Refrão]

D  G                D 
We are the peat bog soldiers, 
Em                D             Em 
Marching with our spades to the moor. 
D  G                D 
We are the peat bog soldiers, 
Em                D             Em 
Marching with our spades to the moor. 

Verse: 2 
Em 
Up and down the guards are marching, 
Am      Em     D       Em 
No one, no one can get through. 
G 
Flight would mean a sure death facing, 
Am       Em     D              Em 
Guns and barbed wire block our view. 


[Refrão]

D  G                D 
We are the peat bog soldiers, 
Em                D             Em 
Marching with our spades to the moor. 
D  G                D 
We are the peat bog soldiers, 
Em                D             Em 
Marching with our spades to the moor. 

Verse: 3 
Em 
But for us there is no complaining, 
Am     Em      D       Em 
Winter will in time be past. 
G 
One day we shall rise rejoicing. 
Am        Em           D       Em 
Homeland, dear, you're mine at last. 


[Refrão]
 
D    G                D 
Then will the peatbog soldiers 
Em                        D            Em 
March no more with their spades to the moor. 
D    G                D 
Then will the peatbog soldiers 
Em                        D            Em 
March no more with their spades to the moor.