Refugee Blues Flashcards
What does a Yew symbolise?
death
What is the rhyme scheme
AAB
what does the rhyme scheme focus on?
constant refrain and rhythmic blues
“Dreamed I saw ___ with a thousand floors // A thousand windows and a thousand doors”
A building
When was Refugee Blues written?
1939
“Saw the birds in the trees; // They had no
politicians and sang at their ease”
“Saw fish swimming as if they were free,//
Only ten feet away, my dear, only ten feet away”
“Went down to the harbour and stood upon the ___”
Quay
“If we let them in, they will steal
our daily bread”
“But we are still alive, my dear,
but we are still alive”
“in the village churchyard there grows
an old yew”
“Some are living in mansions,
some are living in holes”