Underneath the lantern by the barrack gate   Darling I remember the way you used to wait   Twas there that you whispered tenderly   That you loved me   You'd always be   My Lili of the lamplight   My own Lili Marlene      Time would come for roll call   Time for us to part   Darling I'd caress you and press you to my heart   And there 'neath that far off lantern light   I'd hold you tight   We'd kiss good-night   My Lili of the lamplight   My own Lili Marlene      Orders came for sailing somewhere over there   All confined to barracks was more than I could bear   I knew you were waiting in the street   I heard your feet   But could not meet   My Lili of the lamplight   My own Lili Marlene      Resting in a billet just behind the line   Even tho' we're parted your lips are close to mine   You wait where that lantern softly gleams   Your sweet face seems to haunt my dreams   My Lili of the lamplight   My own Lili Marlene      When we are marching in the mud and cold,   And when my pack seems more than I can hold   My love for you renews my might   I'm warm again   My pack is light   It's you Lili Marlene   It's you Lili Marlene