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I love a dragoon
I love the young one
I love the young one
Right out of a brave regiment.
He had barely arrived
When he had to leave
And his beauty-darling
Sobs and cries
Sobs and cries
Begs him to stay.
Stay with me my lovely darling
Another night.
Spend the night my love
I'll wake you early
I'll wake you early.
—Song of the Russian Dragoons
In the 10th Regiment of the Novgorod Dragoons, few were younger and none was braver than Georgy Zhukov, the kid from Kaluga Province. While their beauty-darlings sobbed and cried, the...