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Tell Me There's A Heaven

The little girl she said to me
What are these things that I can see
Each night when I come home from school
And mama calls me in for tea
Oh every night a baby dies
And every night a mama cries
What makes those men do what they do
To make that person black and blue
Grandpa says their happy now
They sit with God in paradise
With angels' wings and still somehow
It makes me feel like ice

Tell me there's a heaven
Tell me that it's true
Tell me there's a reason
Why I'm seeing what I do
Tell me there's a heaven
Where all those people go
Tell me they're all happy now
Papa tell me that it's so

So do I tell her that it's true
That there's a place for me and you
Where hungry children smile and say
We wouldn't have no other way
That every painful crack of bones
Is a step along the way
Every wrong done is a game plan
To that great and joyful day

And I'm looking at the father and the son
And I'm looking at the mother and the daughter
And I'm watching them in tears of pain
And I'm watching them suffer
Don't tell that little girl
Tell me
Tell me there's a heaven
Tell me that it's true
Tell me there's a reason
Why I'm seeing what I do

Tell me there's a heaven
Where all those people go
Tell me they're all happy now
Papa tell me that it's so

Sung by: Chris Rea

British singer and song-writer Chris Rea has allowed the re-release of this beautiful song in memory of baby Peter. It can be downloaded from iTunes (as well as some other sellers) with all proceeds going to the NSPCC.

By Emma Joseph 

A BOURNEMOUTH grandmother is urging people to take to the streets in a bid to prevent a repeat of the tragic death of Baby P. 

Jennie Saunders from Mansel Close, Talbot Village, was so upset after hearing about the toddler’s death that she set up a group on social networking site Facebook. 

The site features links to petitions calling for the resignation of the social workers involved in the case and for stiffer sentences for people found guilty of child abuse. 

Jennie is also organising a peaceful march in the town to tie in with a number of similar protests taking place across the country. 

A major child care investigation was sparked at Haringey council following the death of Baby P last August. The toddler suffered more than 50 injuries despite 60 visits from the authorities over eight months. 

It was revealed yesterday that police wanted to place the youngster in care but were persuaded by social services to return him to his abusive 27-year-old mother who, along with her boyfriend and another man, was last week convicted of causing or allowing the boy’s death. 

Jennie, 47, only set up the group on Facebook last Friday but already has more than 700 members. 

She said: “I heard about it all on the news and I was just so upset. We all sit there and say ‘that’s terrible’ but I just love kids and I felt so strongly about it. 

“I feel that, as a nation, we’ve all got to pull together and put a stop to this. When Victoria Climbie died they said it would never happen again and it has.” 

Jennie has been in contact with several other people who have set up similar groups on the site who are arranging marches in Coventry, Newcastle and London. 

Details of the walk will be finalised nearer the time, but it is anticipated to begin at Bournemouth Triangle and finish at the Town Hall. 

She said: “They’re asking for people to set them up in different parts of the UK. It will be on December 13 at 12pm – that’s two days before the sentencing of the people that killed this child. 

“These children haven’t got a voice so somebody has to have a voice for them.” 
 

On December 13, 2008, there was a march for Baby P.

Call this number to report child abuse ANY WHERE in the United States!
1-800-4-A-Child  1-800-422-4453

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