Come Away Melinda

Daddy, daddy, come and look, see what I have found

A little ways away from here, while digging in the ground

Come away Melinda, come in and close the door

It's nothing, just a picture-book, they had before the war..

Daddy, daddy, come and see

Daddy, come and look

Why, there's four or five little Melinda girls

Inside my picture book

Come away Melinda

Come in and close the door

There were lots of little girls like you

Before they had the war..

Oh Daddy, daddy, come and see

Daddy, hurry do

Why, there's someone in a pretty dress

She's all grown up like you

Won't you tell me why

Come away Melinda, come in and close the door

That someone is your Mummy you had before..

Daddy, daddy, tell me if you can

Why can't things be the way they were

Before the war began

Come away Melinda

Come in and close the door

The answer lies in yesterday

Before they had the war...