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My Name Is Emmett Till
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Emmylou Harris
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I was born a black boy My name is Emmett Till Walked this earth for 14 years One night I was killed For speaking to a woman Whose skin was white as dough That's a sin in Mississippi But how was I to know?I come down from Chicago To visit with my kin There I was a cheeky kid I guess I always been But the harm they put upon me Was too hard for what I done For I was just a black boy I never hurt no oneOh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh ohThey took me from my uncle's house Mose Wright was his name He'd be later standing without hesitation Point the blame At the ones who beat and cut me And shot me with the gun And threw me in the river Like I was trash when they were doneI was sent back to my mother At least what was left of me She kept my casket open For the whole wide world to see The awful desecration And the evidence of hate You could not recognize me The mutilation was so greatBecame a cry for justice then To be finally fulfilled All because of me, a black boy My name was Emmett TillOh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh ohOh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh ohOh, I had rather lived Till I was too old to die young Not even a soul I left behind All that might have come Summer clouds above my head The grass beneath my feet The warmth of a good woman Her kisses soft and sweetPerhaps to be a father Of a black boy of my own Watch him grow into a kinder world Than I had known Where no child would be murdered For the color of his skin And love would be the only thing Inside the hearts of menThey say the horror of that night Is haunting heaven still Where I am one more black boy My name is Emmett TillOh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh ohOh oh oh oh oh oh Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Это интересно:Эммилу Харрис (англ. Emmylou Harris, род. 2 апреля 1947) — американская певица, автор-исполнитель, получившая наибольшую популярность в качестве исполнительницы кантри.Эмилу Харрис родилась в Бирменгеме, штат Алабама, в семье Уолтера и Юджин Харрис, а детство провела недалеко от Вашингтона, округ Колумбия. В конце 1960-х, будучи студенткой колледжа, она выступала в местном фольклорном дуэте. В... продолжение
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