Mammy, Mammy come and look See what I've 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 Mummy, Mummy, come and see Mummy, come and look There's five or six 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 him before They had the war Mummy, Mummy, come and see Such things I've ever seen There's happy faces all around And now the ground is green Come away Melinda Come in and close the door It's just a way it used to be, before, They had the war