Father Part Three 🕰️ | Princess Alice Disaster Song | The conclusion

Added: 2026-05-06

[00:00:00]The doctor [music] said mama's mind was gone and showed me the door, better not come here again. Dear girl, [music] she does not know you.

[00:00:09]Oh mama, she is no more.

[00:00:11]>> [music] >> He sent message to the workhouse, the very worst news. They were coming, [music] coming to collect me, coming to collect unpaid dues, coming [music] to take away my clothes, to take away my shoes.

[00:00:25]Forced labor of the prison house where sickness spreads.

[00:00:31]And forced labor [singing] burns, cremating the dead.

[00:00:36]I will not, I [music] will not die in buildings of spite.

[00:00:42]There is no way, so I ran away, I ran away that [music and singing] night.

[00:00:47]And pleaded with auntie to let me stay.

[00:00:50]Not to let the workhouse Not felt my light. She was worn, withered, with bills to pay. Her daughter had passed a year and a day.

[00:00:59]Into the long goodnight.

[00:01:02]Cold were taking her body from sight.

[00:01:06]I said, "Auntie, [music] don't let me go too. I have no one else now but you. I can draw, do needlework, please help me. MAYBE [music and singing] TOGETHER WE'LL GET THROUGH." She sobbed, I sobbed like emptiness had found a home.

[00:01:21]Together meant [music] not being [singing] alone. We exchanged ideas, allaying fears as progress sped.

[00:01:29]Sped through the city, >> [music] >> approved by committees, stamped with words, NEVER AGAIN.

[00:01:34]NEVER AGAIN would sewage take the lives [singing] of men.

[00:01:40]And so it began, the big clean.

[00:01:44]Slaughtery directed from [singing] the river, transported to sea.

[00:01:51]Until it felt safe, as safe as [music] could be, flowing through London, the lifeblood of our community.

[00:01:59]I grieve [music] the past and set it right.

[00:02:02]To honor you. To [singing] honor you, to honor your memory. To [music] honor your life. You are the reason Are the reason I never [singing] give up. You are the reason I try, try again.

[00:02:18]I'm inspired [music] by your example.

[00:02:22]>> [singing] >> To me you are the greatest of men.

[00:02:34]>> [music]