My mother once knew a girl named

Mary Rossiter

Who was known to everybody

As Hairy Mary

(I never found out the reason why)

She was sent to a farm in East Sussex

With my mother and Katie Scales

They stayed for nearly a year

And then they were separated

(I never found out the reason why)

My mother and Katie were sent to Arundel

And Mary returned to her home in London

Where she was killed by a flying bomb

Just over a year after we waved goodbye