Yvette (Song of Fraternization) - Duke Special

We hated the soldiers, their army took our town, I was sixteen

The foreign occupier grinned as he loosened my nightgown

May mornings are so bright

But comes the dark May night

The captain shouts «you're all dismissed»

Then boys with mischief in their eyes

Will find the girls who fraternise

How could I hate him when we kissed?

The foreign occupation brought sorrows, and then a cook

By day I would despise him, but when night fell I loved the liberties that he

took

May mornings are so bright

But comes the dark May night

The captain shouts «boys, hit the hay»

But one with something on his mind

Knows just the kind of girl to find

We fraternised until the day

My oppressor and my lover for me were one and the same

Everyone said «her love’s just convenient», what we agreed on was my shame

A cloud that hid the sun

Announced my joy was done

And you have your fun, but troops move on

You wait all night, where can he be?

Your lover and your enemy

His army’s marching and he’s gone

His army’s marching and he’s gone