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The Story of Old Monroe letra
Gather 'round us you Americans,
If you believe in right and wrong.
The newspapers have ignored this;
I'll tell it in a song.
The papers and the TV
Never told the story straight,
So, listen now, I will to you
The honest facts relate.
Let me take you to a corner
Of this world that we call free.
It's Monroe, North Carolina,
Where the Klan rules by decree.
Maybe you thought the Klan was dead
And buried long ago.
Well, in August 1961
You should ha' been in old Monroe.
It's a town of about ten thousand,
And could be a pretty place.
But there's uncertainty and fear
To be seen on many a face.
A railroad slices through Monroe
It's not one town but two towns
On the right, Monroe is white
And on the left is Newtown.
Eighteen Freedom Riders came
In August '61.
At the call of young Rob Williams
To see what could be done.
Robert Williams was a leader,
A giant of a man.
He said, let's protect our families
From the violence of the Klan.
The Klansmen, they got busy;
They came from everywhere,
All armed with guns and pistols,
And Chief Mauney1 didn't care.
They staged a bloody riot
And the deck was surely stacked,
'Cause the only ones arrested
Were the ones who were attacked.
Hey, listen for the frame-up!
Did the Klan lay a plan?
To trap Williams and his friends
And make him flee the land?
A couple, by name of Stegall
Were driving in a car.
They drove right into Newtown;
That was a bit too far.
For Negroes live in Newtown,
And on that fatal day
They'd set their lines of self-defense
Against the K.K.K.
The Stegalls, they were frightened;
They stopped at Williams' door.
And Robert Williams told the crowd
To let the Stegalls go.
He said, come inside my house.
You'll get hurt if you stay here.
And Williams let the Stegalls
Inside his own house there.
And though this man had saved them,
Police got on his trail.
Nothing less than a kidnap charge:
Twenty years to life in jail.
And then the mighty F.B.I.
Joined in to help the Klan,
With vicious posters tacked up
In post offices through the land.
Saying Rob was armed and dangerous
And schizophrenic, too,
As though to shoot him down on sight
Would be the safest thing to do.
But Rob escaped to Canada,
And then to Mexico.
And now he stays in Cuba
Where the F.B.I. can't go.
And now a make believe trial
Comes in May of '62,
And we are wondering if in Monroe
That justice will come through.
Perhaps when it gets to the Supreme Court
They'll get a better shake.
But it's in the hearts of you and me,
The decision must be made.
For we all are just as guilty,
Till we make that day to come
When Robert Williams can return
To his Union County home.
So listen, Mr. President,
And listen Brother Bob:
If you'd defend the Free World,
Here is a little job.
If you don't believe the words I say,
Go see it for yourself.
Go down and visit old Monroe,
But be careful of your health.
There's lots of good people in Monroe,
But they are scared to say.
Go down to old Monroe, Bob.
Tell them: this is the U.S.A.
They say the German people
The crimes of Hitler never knew.
Well, let American people
See what fascists here can do.
For we've had enough of murder,
And we've had enough of lies,
And the Klu Klux Klan in old Monroe
Is due to be surprised.
For in Washington and 'round the world
We're being asked today,
Is Monroe, North Carolina,
In the good old U.S.A.?
Monroe! Monroe!
I hear those voices say:
Is Monroe, North Carolina,
In the good old U.S.A.?
Malvina Reynolds - Letras
- A Short History of Warfare
- A Soft Answer
- A Trundle, A Bundle
- A White and Orange Aeroplane
- Alcatraz (Pelican Island)
- All Over Everything
- Alone
- Andorra
- Antique Collector
- Are You Walking There for Me?
- Artichokes
- Babies
- Back Alley Surgery
- Back to the Dream
- Backyard Blues
- Ballad of Ella Mae
- Beetle Bottle Bush
- Billy Boy
- Billy Bump Bump
- Birthday Hallelu
- Bitter Rain
- Black Hawk Blues
- Black Horse
- Blood on the Grapes
- Blues Street
- Boraxo
- Born in the Town
- Boys Will Be Boys
- Bring Flowers
- Bury Me in My Overalls
- Busting at the Seams
- Buying the Package
- Call on Me
- Can't Wait to Go
- Caroline Cotton Mill Song
- Change It
- Check-Up
- Christ Died
- Clean Water
- Come Clean Blues
- Come Out
- Computers
- Count Ten
- D. D. T. on My Brain
- Daddy's in the Jail
- Dancing Girl
- Dead Hand at the Tiller
- Dialectic
- Did You Know?
- Do As the Doukhobors Do
- Do Something Wrong
- Don't Believe the Night Time
- Don't Bother Me
- Don't Drop the Box
- Don't Go Away
- Don't I Let You Live Here?
- Don't Let Him In
- Don't Push Me
- Don't Sell Texas Short
- Don't Shoot the Captain
- Don't Smoke, Darling
- Don't Talk to Me of Love
- Down to Hanson's
- Drive on the Cart
- Early in the Morning
- Earth Child
- Eight Candles
- El Cortito
- Everybody Says
- Everybody Smiles at Me
- Everybody Talks About Mine Mill
- Everything Soup
- Fantastic Man
- Field Workers Song
- Fortunatus' Wallet
- Free Enterprise
- From Way Up Here
- Funny Bug Basin
- Galaxy
- God Bless the Grass
- Goodbye to the Band
- Green Shadows
- Griddle Cakes
- Ground Swell
- Guerrillas in Guatemala
- Gupery Joe and Mike
- Heavy on Me
- Hello Ladybug
- Henry Ford's Engine
- Here's To a World That's All Right
- Hip Hop Candytop
- Housewife's Grief
- Huelga Huelga (Do Not Cross the Line)
- I Believe
- I Don't Care About You
- I Don't Have Anything
- I Don't Mind Failing
- I Don't Think So
- I Don't Understand
- I Know When I've Done Wrong
- I Live in a City
- I Lived Through This Day
- I See You
- I Went A-Gathering
- I Wish You Were Here
- I'm Apathetic
- I'm Doing Fine
- I'm Sorry It's Done
- I'm Too Dumb
- I've Got a Song
- If Peace Time Came
- If Two Have Four
- If You Love Me
- If You Want a Friend
- If You Were Little
- In Bethlehem
- Instant Sentence, or, Talking Law and Order Blues
- It Isn't Nice
- It Turned Out to Be a Song
- It's Enough to Be Young
- It's My Turn
- It's Raining!
- It's Up to You
- Jail House Buddy
- Jailhouse Door
- January Sale
- Jeannie
- Jennie Fell Down
- Jenny Appleseed
- Jesus Was a Saviour, Too
- Johnny Built a House
- Just a Little Every Day
- Kennebunkport
- Kiss Her Good-bye
- Leave My Van Allen Belt Alone
- Let It Be
- Let Them Eat Cake
- Let Us Come In (Party Crasher's Carol)
- Let's Have a Picnic
- Like the Miller Grinds the Wheat
- Little Birds
- Little Bitty Mommy
- Little Boat
- Little Boxes
- Little Kids
- Lock the Windows
- Log of the Echo III
- Look on the Sunny Side
- Lost Children Street
- Lost in the Crowd
- Love Somebody
- Madwoman
- Magic Penny
- Magical Food
- Magical Song
- Mail Call
- Mailman Blues
- Malvina's Blues, or, It Ain't a Folk Song
- Mama's Gone
- Many Colors
- Mario's Duck
- Masquerade (Gray Power Song)
- May Flies Dance
- Meet Me at the Watergate
- Mommy's Girl
- Money Blues
- Moogical Love
- Morningtown Ride
- Move Over
- Mrs. Clara Sullivan's Letter
- My Little Guitar
- My Street
- Nancy Newman of Liberty Hall
- Napalm
- Nestlé No!
- Never Argue with a Bee
- Never Touch a Singing Bird
- No Closing Chord
- No Hole in My Head
- No House
- No Place to Run
- No Room
- Nobody
- Not the Shadow of a Man
- Nothing to Say
- Nowhere Blues
- Oh, Doctor
- On My Own Feet
- On the Coat Tails of the Lord
- On the Rim of the World
- One More Ride
- One of the Family
- One Shoe
- Only a War
- Only Room for Two
- Osaka Train
- Outrageous
- Over and Over
- Overtime
- Patchwork of Dreams
- Pea Soup Song of Billings, Montana
- Peace Isn't Treason
- People
- People Are Tired
- Picket Line
- Place to Be
- Playing War
- Poor Worms
- Power Plant Reggae
- Pretty Thing
- Puget Boat Song
- Put On Your Hat
- Quiet
- Rabbits Dance
- Rachel's Lullaby
- Rail Birds
- Rand Hymn
- Red Bird
- Rejoice
- Ring Like a Bell
- Road Song
- Rosie Jane
- Run, Run, the Tree Is Falling
- Sally Don't You Grieve
- Sausalito Fire
- Say Something Nice
- Says the Bee
- Seabeck
- Senate Bill One
- Seventy Miles
- Shaggy Baggy Man
- She Got Lost
- Shelter from the Rain
- Sick People in Chicago
- Sick World
- Signature Blues
- Sing Along
- Singin Jesus
- Skagit Valley Forever
- Sleep, Come On By
- So Soon
- Something's After You
- Somewhere Between
- Song of the Nobodies
- Spooky World
- Star Flower
- Stone Stone
- Stranded on This Planet
- Street Corner Blues
- Sweet Stuff
- Swivel Chair Reserves
- Take It Away
- Take Me to Sandy Hook
- Take Two
- Temptation
- Ten Ton Blues
- That's Me
- The Alameda Mountains
- The Albatross
- The Bairnies Are Crying
- The Ballad of Robban's First Ride
- The Battle of Maxton Field
- The Birch Society
- The Bloody Neat
- The Boy Salutes
- The Cement Octopus
- The Corners of Your Mind
- The Day the Freeway Froze
- The Delinquent
- The Desert
- The Devil Is Talking
- The Devil's Baptizin
- The Dresses
- The Emperor's Nightingale
- The Falling of the Tree
- The Faucets Are Dripping
- The Fragile Sea
- The Gang Dancers
- The Genius
- The Girls from the Oyster House
- The Good Ship O'Connor
- The H. U. A. C.
- The Highway
- The Hills of Hey
- The Judge Said
- The Lambeth Children O
- The Last Time
- The Lazy Dog
- The Little Generals
- The Little Mermaid
- The Little Mouse
- The Little Red Hen
- The Man in the Mask
- The Man Says Jump
- The Moment
- The Money Crop
- The Montreal Vandals
- The New Restaurant
- The New York Song
- The Only Way
- The Pets
- The Pied Piper
- The Pitch
- The Plutonium Song
- The Pro-Life Boy
- The Rigatoni Song
- The Saigon Children
- The Shoppers' Game
- The Sick Business
- The Soul of an Onion
- The Stars are Hiding
- The Story of Old Monroe
- The Tour of the Irish Fusiliers
- The Walker Outside
- The Whale
- The Wise Men
- The World Slowed Down
- There'll Come a Time
- There's a Bottom Below
- There's Music in the Air
- They've Got Everything
- Thirty-Three Dollars
- This Dream I Have
- This House Is Your House
- This World
- To a Songwriter
- To-Ro March
- Tokyo Farewell
- Tony's Soup
- Too Many Pollywogs
- Too Much
- Too Much Blues
- Too Much Trouble
- Torch Song
- Tungsten
- Turn Around
- Turn On the Sun
- Turn to Your Sister
- Two Ways
- Uneasy
- Uneasy Dreams
- We Can Stop Here
- We Don't Need the Men
- We Hate to See Them Go
- What Happened to the Diners
- What Have They Done to the Rain?
- What Time Is It?
- What's Goin On Down There
- What's Small
- What's There to Sing About?
- What's Your Name
- Wheels
- When I Fly
- When It Goes, Goodbye
- When Papa Plays Accordion
- Where Did My Money Go?
- Where Is the Little Street?
- Where the Tempest Blows
- Where Were You?
- Who You Cryin To?
- Who's Going to Build the Ark?
- Women at Your Doors
- World Gone Beautiful
- World in Their Pocket
- Wrong Blues
- Ya Ha Ho
- You Ain't Sayin Nothin
- You Can Believe It
- You Can't Make a Turtle Come Out
- You Can't Make It That Way
- You'll Be a Man
- You're Crazy
- You're On!
- Young Moon
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