Mummy, Mummy 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, but a picture book, they had before the war

Mummy, Mummy come and see, oh mummy, come and look
Where there's four orfive little 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

Mummy, Mummy come and see, oh mummy hurry do!
There's someone grown up very tall who doesn't look like you
Come away Melinda, come in and close the door
Your father was a man like that, before they had the war

Mummy, Mummy come and see such thing's I've never seen
There's happy faces all around and all the ground 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

Mummy, mummy 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.
