Luyện nghe bài hát The Birmingham Six

Birmingham, 1974, there occurred a bloody
people killed by bombs, Britain reeled in horror
Within three hours the British State found the first scapegoats--
Five men bound for Belfast, about to board the boat
And this is their story, sad, but true
Of how six men were falsely for something they didn't do
And if any should say, "British justice is the very in the world"
Tell them, "Well of course it is, for the vested it serves"
The men were taken to Morkham to be for explosives
Tests which have since proved but were at the time held as conclusive
One scientists' word was to condemn the Irish men
Like vultures the moved in to begin interrogations
In the circumstances how well do you think the men's were observed?
The thought they had the bombers; do you think they kept their judgement reserved?
Does 'innocent till proven guilty' have any at all
you're alone in a police house surrounded by cops being kicked around like a ball
In a dark room half a dozen detectives were waiting
Billy Power was in, the serious questions about to begin
He was kicked and hit and punched from all sides, against the wall
They kicked him and hit him again, a from the dark said, "Stretch his balls"
Soon after, Billy surrendered, screamed, "I'll tell you anything you want me to say"
Sat in his own excretia, he could hardly he remained in a daze
cops compiled his statement of how he planted the bombs
They threatened him with the treatment again so Billy signed a
Thursday night became Friday night, the five men were took back to
The and the violence continued--a taste of what was to come
Deprived of food and sleep, all part of to break the men
Johnny Walker blacked out twice; untied his hands while he signed his confession
And Richard McIlkenny was with a gun
The cop said it was OK to him, that the home officer'd given permission
The cop asked him if he was going to sign, put the gun against his
Playing Russian roulette with a blank; when he banged McIlkenny he was dead
Hugh Callaghan, a man, was picked up in Berm and tortured
He, too, hadn't it but they made him sign a confession to mass murder
Six men kept in isolation no with each other
And it weren't until morning that they each got a duty solicitor
Still each unbuttoned his shirt to show how he'd been beaten up
The solicitors, in legal aid forms, said there wasn't time and refused to look
The only obvious injury, Johnny black eye in court that day
When he to unbotton his shirt all the majistrates said, "Let's take him away"
Leland staged a walkout, their banners read "Hang the IRA"
The labor empowered at the time rushed through the PTA
In their war on the people the British wanted vengeance
Despite glaring in the so-called confessions the six men hadn't a chance
The judge dismissed their claims, said it meant there'd been a conspiracy
fifteen officers from two different forces, as if it was an impossibility
The police in fact became heroes, got their and victory medals
The six men got life imprisonment and years on they're still in jail
The men protested their innocence but it fell on deaf ears
They wanted to bring the policemen to trial, the appeal took seven
Lord Denning dismissed their out of hand, saying "These actions cannot go on"
What he really meant was the State machine never admit it's done wrong
Another six years, another appeal, another set of
To the original convictions as safe and satisfactory
For if it ever out that the State judges wrong, well what would people say?
say, "We know who are real enemies are now", and we'd form our own IRA
Oh let me a story, very sad, but true
Of how six men were falsely imprisoned for they didn't do
And if any should say, "British justice is the very in the world"
them, "Well of course it is, for the vested interests it serves"
For as long as we remain ignorant they'll fight their war Ireland
For as long as we remain silent they'll any they want
For as long as we keep our eyes shut they'll continue to us
For as long as we remain passive they'll trample us into the
Callaghan, Patrick Hill, Richard McIlkenny, Johnny Walker, Gerry Hunter, and Billy Power
Still fighting for their fifteen long years on
Their spirits shall remain when our is dead
When our is dead
When our State is and gone