Only The Children - Hawkins Class History Project

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Hi!
This is a bit different than what I usually upload. I made a series of songs for my college civil rights history class. I chose to focus on The Children's Crusade which occurred May 2nd-3rd in 1963. If you'd like to know more about it feel free to look it up or ask in the comments. I'll also put some sources down below so if you're curious you can read/watch and learn about this event. One last thing, I apologize for the terrible mixing on these recordings. Eventually, I might record everything again and do the piano separately so that I can have more control over it, but I just didn't have time to do that before the project was due. Please enjoy!
This is Track 5. Check out the description of the "Only The Children" Playlist on my channel (I'll link it below) to find out more about the project!
There are sources below the lyrics in case you'd like to learn about The Children's Crusade.
Playlist link:
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Lyrics:
Chorus 1:
Shouldn’t have to be
Only the children
Shouldn’t have to be
Only the children
But only the children
Could win this fight
Verse:
Cause Bombingham
Has violence in
the street
The children stand
As the dogs are unleashed
Oh Bombingham
Has yet to ran-
Sack and squeeze
The children’s hope and plans
Until there’s nothing but fear and grief
Bridge:
Newspaper photographers
Drawn to chaos drawn to spread the word
It’s undeniable in pictures
The innocent
Couldn’t possibly deserve
this
Can you deny a child’s worth?
It pulls on the human heart
Like Emmett Till injustice lights a unique spark
There’s something about a child’s hard-
Ships
You Can’t deny
They Couldn’t deserve
this
Cannot deny a child’s worth
Chorus 2:
Oo Why?
It was only the children?
Why?
It was only the children
That could break free
That could set free
their lives
Bridge 2:
These children were strong
These children were brave
Courage beyond their years
Cause they knew what’s at stake
It took way too long
To see a small change
Blood mixed with sweat and tears
Finally carved the way
And it may have been wrong
To put them in harm’s way
But they possessed the future years
And it’s a price they were willing to pay
So they sung out their songs
And they seized the day
Took courage beyond their years
But they had music to make
Tag:
And That’s why the children
That’s why the children
Ending:
Oh Freedom,
Oh, Freedom
Oh Freedom
Over Me
My favorite sources are the documentary entitled "The Children's March, 1963" (it's linked below), and Jonathon Eig's book "King: Chapter 25 Birmingham Jail".
Eig, Jonathan. “Chapter 25 Birmingham Jail.” King: A Life, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.
60 years ago, students joined the civil rights movement with “The Children’s Crusade”. All Things Considered, [s. l.], 2023. Disponível em: search.ebscoho.... Acesso em: 31 out. 2023.
“The Children’s Crusade: When the Youth of Birmingham Marched for Justice.” History.Com, A&E Television Networks, www.history.com/news/childrens-crusade-birmingham-civil-rights. Accessed 31 Oct. 2023.
“The Children’s March | 1963.” KZbin, KZbin, 25 June 2020, • The Children's March |...
Person. “Rescuing the Civil Rights Movement - and Children of Birmingham.” Harvard Gazette, Harvard Gazette, 3 June 2022, news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/01/rescuing-the-civil-rights-movement-and-children-of-birmingha.