Took Them Away - Dear Reader

Nicholas invited me to visit at the farm

We were playing in the yard

I saw them in the barn

White and black together sat

I just stood and stared

How was I to know what it all meant

Mr Goldreich and his wife were generous to me

David in blue overalls came in to serve the tea

I had seen him in the barn, something wasn’t right

As I told my father late that night

So they came in a dry-cleaning van and they took them away, took them away

One dog and a dozen strong men and they took them away, took them away

On that Thursday according to plan

They took them away in a dry-cleaning van

I stood and watched by the side of the road

How could I know?

How could I know?

How was I to understand?

How to make it right?

As I ask our father every night

So they came in a dry-cleaning van and they took them away, took them away

One dog and a dozen strong men and they took them away, took them away

On that Thursday according to plan

They took them away in a dry-cleaning van

I stood and watched by the side of the road

How could I know?

How could I know?