Song recommendation: Birmingham Jail by Chatham County Line
Four little girls tying their sash in the basement room that
day
Poking fun and making jokes before getting on their knees to pray
Just so
young with all their dreams and years to their end
Strewn away in the rubble by
the hatred of scared white men
It was early December in the year of ‘63
George
Wallace defied what the federal courts they did decree
They said make your
school doors open for the child of black & white
Wallace clenched up both
his fists and he called out for a fight
Down in the Birmingham Jail
Down in the
Birmingham Jail
You’ve had a chance to live your life but now you’re locked. .
.
In the Birmingham Jail
When the locals heard the news that day, their blood began to boil
They
decided the only good coloured man is down beneath the soil
So with their hate
and money, they began to conspire
And soon in Birmingham the air was thick with
powder and fire
Down in the Birmingham Jail
Down in the Birmingham Jail
You’ve
had a chance to live your life but now you’re locked. . .
In the Birmingham Jail
Four little girls tying their sash in the basement room that day
Poking fun and making jokes before getting on their knees to pray
Just so young with all their dreams and years to their end
Strewn away in the rubble by the hatred of scared white men
Down in the Birmingham Jail
Down in the Birmingham Jail
You’ve had a chance to live your life but now you’re locked. . .
In the Birmingham Jail
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