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Fragility of Freedom SONG by Michael Rosen When the sun’s beating down from a cloudless sky and your head is burning in the heat when you can hardly breathe cos the air is so hot and the ground is burning your feet you know you gotta do something you know you gotta do it now you know you gotta do something you know you gotta find out how When you hear them say you can’t pray that way and there’s p...

Story-telling using your own WW2 family history for demonstrating the theme on Fragility of Freedom to be used by a DRAMA group to perform at HMD which can be rehearsed using our recording of your words A family Drama about Fragility of Freedom by Michael Rosen Scene one Home at Michael Rosen’s house  1950s Father (Harold) Mother (Connie) Brian (older) Michael (younger) Eating meal Narrator Pinner...

Freedom Has No Warning Lights Poem a by Michael Rosen Freedom has no warning lights when it slips away it’s doesn’t flash red. When they start saying you can’t  speak your mind and you weren’t doing harm that’s it again, slipping away but it’s not flashing red When they start to talk of how some people are born bad that’s freedom slipping away but it’s not flashing red When they say you’re the wro...

My dream is to live in days without hate to walk the street to sit and eat my dream is to live in days without hate Where we live is now it’s never too late my dream is to live in days without lies to feel like me to watch TV my dream is to live in days without lies Where we live is now hoping to be wise my dream is to live in days without fear. to be free to grow to learn and know my dream is to...

We used to come from school to Sainte-Hermine. Coming into the village, on the right was the police station, (which has become 'Le Macis'). Opposite the police station - a large house where an old lady rented out furnished rooms (today the Bank Credit Agricole). One of her rooms was lived in by a very, very old gentleman - old to my eyes - more or less 8 years old. Every morning, he waited for us...

We're All Here Together We're all here together, so hear us say Can't turn you back, can't turn you away What we're saying, has to be true We know you're us, and we are you The road is long, and you've come far Life's not easy, and times are hard We're all here together, so hear us say Can't turn you back, can't turn you away People struggling to put food on the table working as hard as they are a...

We're All Here Together We're all here together, so hear us say Can't turn you back, can't turn you away What we're saying, has to be true We know you're us, and we are you The road is long, and you've come far Life's not easy, and times are hard We're all here together, so hear us say Can't turn you back, can't turn you away People struggling to put food on the table working as hard as they are a...

NOTHING IS FOREVER  We lived in a house we called our home We lived in a house by a lemon tree We lived in a house where mum made bread We lived in a house at the edge of the sea Nothing is forever a leaf falls from the tree the sun comes up waves cross the sea We didn't ask for men with guns We didn't ask to be chased away We didn't ask for rain to never fall All we asked was we want to stay Noth...

PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME I was ill in bed and falling fast The night was long and I couldn't last You found me  - put your arms around me I came through and now I'm here. I was lost in grief, my loved one died Couldn't go on, so sad inside You found me - put your arms around me I came through and now I'm here. I was on the streets, I had no home The night was long, I was all alone You found me - pu...

Voices of Hope (new) by Michael Rosen When you feel all alone When your mind is full of fear When the night is long and dark You need someone to be near. Hope is in the eyes of love Hope is in the smiles we see Hope is in the trees that grow Hope is in the heart of me When the slow sad times come you need a place to go When the slow bad times come you need someone to know Hope is in the eyes of lo...