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Heavens above, I could never hate her
She’s done nothing wrong
A photograph of Rita Hayworth
A Latin bombshell, an atom bomb
Lovely Rita, America’s sweetheart
The girl next door and a whole lot more
From Hollywood to Hiroshima
From the silver screen to the Second World War
And of course she’s gorgeous
But this is grotesque
If only angels have wings
Then she’s an angel of death
She’s done nothing wrong
A photograph of Rita Hayworth
A Latin bombshell, an atom bomb
Lovely Rita, America’s sweetheart
The girl next door and a whole lot more
From Hollywood to Hiroshima
From the silver screen to the Second World War
And of course she’s gorgeous
But this is grotesque
If only angels have wings
Then she’s an angel of death
Lyrics submitted by BlueAndStarry
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I checked online, & discovered that someone had already done the research, & found the image on the bomb, which you can read about & view here:
conelrad.blogspot.com/2013/08/atomic-goddess-revisited-rita-hayworths.html