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1. Mother of disaster and sister of our fate
C F G
do you recall the tragedy we see
C C/B Am F G Am
Father of confusion and brother of debate
F G C
do you recall the sister of Rosemary
F G
The doodlebugs were flying
C C/B Am
the blitz was at its high
F C Am G
Rosemary lay sleeping with her sister inly five
C C/B Am
and no one heard the One that hit
F G Am
the one that blew the lid
F C F G C
Rosemary came out crying and her sister never did
C Am G C
R: And you fly high and your dreams are all in vain
Am C F G
one moment you are singing and the next you cry in pain
C C/B Am
And high above the heavens
F G Am
on a host of angels wings
C F G C
Rosemary`s sister will be dancing
2. Her mother cried all that year as many others did
she pulled thru for a moment now and then
and the people down in Bethnal Street in the rubble of the storm
swept up their lives and started on again
When tyranny is biting you do your best to try
to stifle all the heart ache till it`s safe again to cry
and when at last the darkness clears and the sun comes shining thru
we'll dust it off and start in on a' new
R:
3. Theres a teacher in the classroom
theres mothers in the hall
children sit and wait for the bell for home
Rosemary is waiting she's a child now of her own
she's waiting to collect and take her home
F G C C/B Am
But sometimes in the silence in the firelight where she sits
F C Am G
her mind goes back to Bethnal Street to the darkenss and the blitz
C C/B Am
and she knows if theres another one
F B Am
then the end will be complete
F G C
I wonder what they`d say in Bethnal Street
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