MUMMY, MUMMY, come and see,
come 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
That's nothing but a picture book
they had before the war
Mommy, Mommy, come and see,
Oh, Mommy, come and look,
There's 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,
Oh, Mommy, 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 things 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