Come Away Melinda

Daddy daddy come and look And see 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 Daddy daddy come and see Oh daddy come and look There's four or five Melinda girl 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 Daddy daddy come and see Oh daddy hurry do There's someone in villages Who's all grown up like you Come away Melinda Come in and close the door That someone is a mother Like you had before the war Daddy daddy come and see Such things I've never seen Happy faces all along And all the ground is green Come away Melinda Come in and close the door It's just the way it used to be Before they had the war Daddy daddy come and see And 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