| Come round by my side and I’ll sing you a song.
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| I’ll sing it so softly, it’ll do no one wrong.
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| On Birmingham Sunday the blood ran like wine,
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| And the choirs kept singing of Freedom.
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| That cold autumn morning no eyes saw the sun,
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| And Addie Mae Collins, her number was one.
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| At an old Baptist church there was no need to run.
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| And the choirs kept singing of Freedom,
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| The clouds they were grey and the autumn winds blew,
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| And Denise McNair brought the number to two.
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| The falcon of death was a creature they knew,
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| And the choirs kept singing of Freedom,
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| The church it was crowded, but no one could see
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| That Cynthia Wesley’s dark number was three.
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| Her prayers and her feelings would shame you and me.
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| And the choirs kept singing of Freedom.
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| Young Carol Robertson entered the door
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| And the number her killers had given was four.
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| She asked for a blessing but asked for no more,
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| And the choirs kept singing of Freedom.
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| On Birmingham Sunday a noise shook the ground.
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| And people all over the earth turned around.
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| For no one recalled a more cowardly sound.
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| And the choirs kept singing of Freedom.
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| The men in the forest they once asked of me,
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| How many black berries grew in the Blue Sea.
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| And I asked them right back with a tear in my eye.
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| How many dark ships in the forest?
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| The Sunday has come and the Sunday has gone.
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| And I can’t do much more than to sing you a song.
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| I’ll sing it so softly, it’ll do no one wrong.
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| And the choirs keep singing of Freedom. |