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The Young'uns
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The war'd not long been over
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and the future seemed so bright
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We gathered in the church hall
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in Georgetown at night
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He said there's work in England
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for woman and for man
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So I clapped the hand,
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some stranger with these hands
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Farewell to Guyana,
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the land where I was born
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We sailed for Southampton
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on a bright April morn
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And the moon was sinking quickly
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as we looked back to the land
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And I held on to the railing
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with these hands
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Now when we came to England
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it was late in the night
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Took a train to Paddington
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and my, what a sight
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Bm

Was a white woman
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sweep ing up
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around a paper stand
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And I rubbed my eyes in wonder
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with these hands
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Now I was a heart maker
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and I had skills to share
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Songs to sing and joy to bring
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and children to bear
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But no blacks, no dogs, no Irish,
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I couldn't understand
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But I wiped away my tears,
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with these hands
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Now the first place that I found to rent,
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it didn't have a bath room
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The next place barely had a roof,
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sometimes you have to lie
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For under an umbrella,
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well it wasn't what I'd planned
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But I cooked the Christmas dinner,
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with these hands
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I became a foster mother,
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took a hundred children in
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Loved everyone, kissed everyone,
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no matter what their skin
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And they offered me an MBE,
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I said, I don't need one
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Besides, I've no good
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dress to wear it on
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So I asked if I could trade it
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for the things I really need
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Like bed sheets and pillow slips
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for all the kids I feed
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And the Mayor, listened to me
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and he made this promise proud
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And the keys of the new house
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were in his hands
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Oh and soon Jack Boots
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came marching
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through the streets of our town
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Our tyres slashed, win dows smashed,
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our youth club burned down
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And I prayed that my children
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didn't understand
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As I wiped their smeared faces
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with these hands
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And the words of the stranger
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who had led me here
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Weren't the words of welcome now
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but words of fear
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And the river was bleeding
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and the smell was found
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For the stranger's name
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was Enoch Pound
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And at four o 'clock one morning
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a knock came at my door
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They took me down to Deptford
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where ra ging fires roared
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Thirteen would die that night,
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the flames could not be fanned
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And still the smell of New Cross
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is on these hands
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But as the people gathered
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and as the people cried
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As the flames fell
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and as the flames died
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I stood amidst the ashes
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and beneath the brooding skies
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I said my name is Phoenix
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and we will rise
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For these hands where the years of love
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they bear the scars of pain
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These hands have built a
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better world
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and these hands will again
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And though these hands are old now,
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well they've got more to give
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But these hands don't forget,
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but they forgive
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And though the walls are rising,
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now you may think Corby's gone
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These hands of mine,
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they are the proof
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of all that can be done
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So whoever is your neighbour,
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link arms and make a stand
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And we will face the future
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with these hands
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Whoever is your neighbour,
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link arms and make a stand
And we will face the future
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with these hands

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