Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Medgar Evers Lullaby, artist - Judy Collins. Album song The Judy Collins Concert, in the genre
Date of issue: 30.06.1964
Record label: Elektra, Rhino
Song language: English
Medgar Evers Lullaby |
Bye bye my baby, I’ll rock you to sleep, |
Sing you a sad song, it might make you weep. |
Your Daddy is dead and he’ll never come back |
And the reason they killed him, because he was black. |
I’ll tell you a story that you ought to know; |
It happened in our town a short while ago. |
Your Daddy was walking alone for some air |
And a man in the bushes was waiting right there. |
That man shot your Daddy and laughed while he died. |
Your Daddy lay dying with tears in his eyes. |
He cried for the things that a man leaves undone |
And he cried for the dreams that he had for his son. |
What will you do, son, when you are a man? |
Will you learn to live lonely and hate all you can? |
Will you try to be happy and try not to see |
That all men are slaves 'til their brothers are free. |
Bye bye my baby, I’ll rock you to sleep, |
Sing you a sad song, it might make you weep. |
Your Daddy is dead and he’ll never come back |
And the reason they killed him, because he was black. |