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Do you mind a question please sir stay

what was life like in the olden days?

Long ago, ago, ago, ago before the war

Contractors to her majesty's government we were

dealers in honest trade

there were some mighty queer folk about

but most were honest workers and knew their place

I was a skilled craftsmen, mark you

the work was hard and the hours were long

Ah, but there was a maiden

and her name was Marjorie

Long black hair she had like a gypsy

And the prettiest smile I'd ever seen

and I called her an angel

and I was right, she was

Then there was a war, the war

Forging a pathway for freedom

using resources we need them

though are foes are human beings we stand between them

and a life we do condone

shipped out to Belgium to starve them

plastered and shelled them but lost ground

bombs and rockets, V2's over London city

and the world at their command

 And back in Yeadon, Marjorie

stood beneath a factory

I was assured she felt okay

Withdrawn from Dunkirk in cruisers

who cares says I, we're all losers

No one wins both sides the victims of our nature

May the future learn

and back in Yeadon, Marjorie

died beneath the factory

a Messerschmidtt her destiny

You who think the rest are wrong

 and stand so tall and feel so strong

please be sure that you yourselves are not mistaken

or the future won't be long