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Concealing her Jewish identity, Vladka Meed, a young courier, smuggled children out of the Warsaw Ghetto and provided aid to Jews in hiding. At great risk to herself, she supplied weapons and a map of the Treblinka death camp to fellow members of the resistance movement, who staged the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of April 1943.
lyrics
In Warsaw "the little bird”
Learned timing is everything
When to smuggle guns past the wall
When to help the children sing
She knew to bribe the ghetto guards
When to teach youth how to write
When to forge her fate as Vladka
And when to dress dynamite
Her world is a narrow bridge
Crossing on a narrow ridge
She lived days on wit alone
That burns a fire in her bones
(repeat)
She hid the map in her shoes
Sensed when to stay or flee
No time to wait, the hourglass drains
Fighters make their plea
Desperate youth dare to fight
Despair makes them strong
Ghetto nightmares turn to dreams
And silent screams turn to song
Their world is a narrow bridge
Crossing on a narrow ridge
She lived nights on wit alone
That burns a fire in their bones
(repeat)
She wants to see her home once more
Her nest isn’t like it was before
In America Vladka wrote
Courier’s memories in stone
Her spirit rests in teachers’ hearts
Where courage would find a home
Her world is a narrow bridge
Crossing on a narrow ridge
She lived days on wit alone
That burns a fire in her bones
(repeat)
She wants to see her home once more
Her nest isn’t like it was before
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