The Death of Emmett Till, Part 2

Performed by the Ramparts
Recorded 1955
Written by A.C. Bilbrew

'Twas on the following Sunday, they say about 2 a.m.,
Two bad men came and knocked on Mose's door,
They said to Uncle Mose: "We've come to take the boy.
He whistled at that woman, and he must go."

He was taken to a stable, beat and shot right through the head,
All one could hear were blows and Emmett's cries,
Last words were: "Mama, save me, have mercy on me, Lord,"
The blows still fll, but little Emmett had died.

Weights were placed upon his body, in the river they did fling,
Believin' that fiendish crime they'd hide,
But in time the body came afloat, still wearing daddy's ring.
Ring and feet Uncle Mose identified.

The two men went to trial, sat and grinned and smoked and chewed,
As the fearful witnesses all did testify,
Jury's out sixty-five minutes, returned verdict in hand,
"Not guilty," was their prompt reply