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She felt just like a ragged dog
that scratched around for food,
denied, despised and kicked aside
and never any good.

Yet now she stood inside the door
and pleaded with this man,
for each taboo had little weight,
her grief had wider span.

Verses 3-5 follow

Tune: AULD LANG SYNE ( with this tune the fist part is used for verses 1 & 3 and the second part for verses 2 & 4.
The second part is repeated again for verse 5);
PEAK HILL (Carols for Today 38, Jubilate)
Metre: CM

 

Andrew Pratt (born 1948)

Words © 7/8/2012 Stainer & Bell Ltd, London, England, www.stainer.co.uk

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