Dunblane
Dunblane
A senseless waste
These young live lost
Let's all stop to count the cost
Melissa, Charlotte,
Kevin and Ross
All over the world they will mourn your loss
A town United
In grief and pain
We all share the sadness of Dunblane
Victoria, Emma,
Mhairi and Dave
All the world will weep at your grave
When at the gates
They waved you goodbye
No-one could have known that you would die
Abigail,Emily,
Sophie and John
Once bright young and lively now all of you gone
Your whole lives before you
Still left to live
So much time remaining so much left to give
Hannah, Megan,
Joanna and Brett
In all of our hearts you are living yet
Spare a thought for Gwen Mayor
Their teacher so brave
Who gave up her life her pupils to save
So let’s learn the lesson
And maybe then
We can ensure it won’t happen again
That's the best tribute
To the kids of Dunblane
That their innocent blood was not shed in vain
By Denis Briggs
(On 13th march 1996 at 9:30 am Thomas Hamilton broke into a primary school in Dunblane Scotland and shot 16 children and one teacher dead. The whole world was shocked and it was dubbed the Dunblane Massacre)
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