Come Away Melinda

[Verse 1]

Daddy daddy come and look

See what I have found

A little ways away from here

While digging in the ground

[Chorus]

Come away Melinda

Come in and close the door

It's nothing, just a picture book

They had before the war

[Verse 2]

Daddy, daddy, come and see

Daddy, come and look

Why there's four or five little Melinda girls

Inside my picture book

[Chorus 2]

Come away, Melinda

Come in and close the door

There were lots of little girls like you

Before they had the war

[Verse 3]

Oh, daddy daddy, come and see

Daddy hurry do

Why there's someone in a pretty dress

She's all grown up like you

Won't you tell me why?

[Chorus 3]

Come away, Melinda

Come in and close the door

That someone is your Mommy

You had before the war

[Verse 4]

Daddy daddy, tell me if you can

Why can't things be

The way they were

Before the war began

[Chorus 4]

Come away Melinda

Come in and close the door

The answer lies in yesterday

Before they had, the war