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09 Jun 20 - 08:26 AM (#4058377) Subject: Lyr Add: Song for a lost boy From: GUEST,Frank Callery https://soundcloud.com/frankcallerysongs/the-ballad-of-little-george-stinney https://twitter.com/eventherose/status/1269747197706416130/photo/1 |
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12 Jun 20 - 07:19 PM (#4059030) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Song for a lost boy From: cnd A touching and important song about the George Floyd tragedy and events related about race in America. Is this an original song? Also, with your permission, I think it would be helpful to copy the lyrics from the twitter link above out in text--this makes them more searchable for the future. |
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12 Jun 20 - 07:53 PM (#4059034) Subject: Lyr Add: THE BALLAD OF LITTLE GEORGE STINNEY From: GUEST,Starship Just in case the soundcloud should disappear, I'm putting the lyrics on this thread. Song for a Lost Boy THE BALLAD OF LITTLE GEORGE STINNEY Did little George Stinney Have tears in his eyes? What was that poor boy thinking When his young brain fried? Was he thinking of his momma, Or the god his bible said Would be waiting to embrace him When little George was dead? It only took some seconds — His maker for to meet — With a steel cap on his head And some wetness at his feet; But it left a stain upon the books Of Justice and Compassion — The innocent are sidelined When the mob is ruled by passion. ’T’was long ago he suffered, In June of ’44! When they took him to that room In which there’s but one door. And there’s no one live returning When they switch the lever on And you get that smell of burning, Then you know the victim’s gone. Little George Stinney Was fourteen when he died But there’s no report to tell us If he whimpered or he cried. — © Frank Callery. August 19th 2018. |