Refugee Blues Flashcards
Citizens.
“Say this city has ten million souls,
Some are living in mansions, some are living in holes:”
“Say this city has ten million souls,
Some are living in mansions, some are living in holes:”
No place. No home.
“Yet there’s no place for us, my dear, yet there’s no place for us.”
“We cannot go there now, my dear, we cannot go there now.”
“Yet there’s no place for us, my dear, yet there’s no place for us.”
“We cannot go there now, my dear, we cannot go there now.”
Living.
“But we are still alive, my dear, but we are still alive.”
“But we are still alive, my dear, but we are still alive.”
Next year.
“Asked my politely to return next year:”
“Asked my politely to return next year:”
Bread.
“they will steal our daily bread”:”
“they will steal our daily bread”:”
Thunder.
“thunder rumbling in the sky;”
“thunder rumbling in the sky;”
Die.
“They must die”
“They must die”
Mind.
“O we were in his mind, my dear, O we were in his mind.”
“O we were in his mind, my dear, O we were in his mind.”
Pets.
“Saw a poodle in a jacket fastened with a pin,
Saw a door opened and a cat let in:”
“Saw a poodle in a jacket fastened with a pin,
Saw a door opened and a cat let in:”
Fish.
“Saw the fish swimming as if they were free:
Only teen feet away, my dear, only ten feet away.”
“Saw the fish swimming as if they were free:
Only teen feet away, my dear, only ten feet away.”
Birds.
“Walked through a wood, saw the birds in the trees;
They had no politicians and sang at their ease:”
“Walked through a wood, saw the birds in the trees;
They had no politicians and sang at their ease:”
Dreams.
“Dreamed I saw a building with a thousand floors,
A thousand windows and a thousand doors:”
“Dreamed I saw a building with a thousand floors,
A thousand windows and a thousand doors:”
No freedom.
“Not one of them was ours, my dear, not one of them was ours.”
“Not one of them was ours, my dear, not one of them was ours.”
Weather.
“Stood on a great plain in the falling snow;”
“Stood on a great plain in the falling snow;”
Soldiers.
“Ten thousand soldiers marched to and fro:
Looking for you and me, my dear, looking for you and me.”
“Ten thousand soldiers marched to and fro:
Looking for you and me, my dear, looking for you and me.”
