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Daddy, daddy, come and look! See what I have found!
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A little ways away from here,
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While digging in the ground.
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Come away Melinda. Come in and close the door.
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It’s nothing, just a picture book they had before the war.
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Daddy, daddy, come and see! Daddy come and look!
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Why there’s four or five little Melinda girls
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Inside my picture book.
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Come away Melinda. Come in and close the door.
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There were lots of little girls like you before they had the war
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Oh daddy, daddy, come and see! Daddy hurry do!
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Why there’s someone in a pretty dress,
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She’s all grown up like you. Won’t you tell me why?
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Come away Melinda. Come in and close the door.
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That someone is your mommy you had before the war.
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Daddy, daddy, tell me if you can.
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Why can’t things be the way they were before the war began?
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Come away Melinda. Come in and close the door.
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The answer lies in yesterday before they had the war.
