We're Back Again

Oh we're back in the Balkans again,
Back to the joy and the pain-
What if it burns or it blows or it snows?
We're back to the Balkans again.
Back, where to-morrow the quick may be dead,
With a hole in his heart or a ball in his head-
Back, where the passions are rapid and red-
Oh, we're back to the Balkans again! "
- SONG OF THE BALKAN PENINSULA.