Come Away Melinda

Lyrics

Mommy, Mommy come and see Look what i have found A little way away from here While digging in the ground Come away Melinda, come in and close the door It's nothing but a picture book They had before the war Mommy, Mommy come and see Oh mommy hurry look Four or Five Melinda girls Inside this picture book Come away Melinda, come in and close the door There were lots of little girls like you Before they had the war Mommy, Mommy come and see Such things i had never seen Happy faces all around And all the grass is green Come away Melinda, come in and close the door That's just the way it used to be Before they had the war Mommy, Mommy come and see Oh mommy hurry do Someone grown up very tall Who doesn't look like you (rubato) Come away Melinda, come in and close the door Your father was a man like that Before they had the war (tempo) Mommy mommy come and see Tell me if you can Why can't it be the way it was Before the war began Come away Melinda, come in and close the door The answer lies in yesterday Before they had the war