Luyện nghe bài hát The Birmingham Six

Birmingham, 1974, there occurred a murder
Twenty-one people by bombs, Britain reeled in horror
Within three hours the State found the first available scapegoats--
Five Irish men bound for Belfast, about to board the
And this is story, very sad, but true
Of how six men falsely imprisoned for something they didn't do
And if any say, "British justice is the very best in the world"
Tell them, "Well of course it is, for the vested it serves"
The men were taken to to be tested for explosives
Tests which have since proved ambiguous but were at the held as conclusive
One scientists' word was sufficient to condemn the men
Like vultures the police moved in to interrogations
In the circumstances how well do you think the men's were observed?
The cops thought they had the bombers; do you they kept their judgement reserved?
'innocent till proven guilty' have any meaning at all
When you're alone in a police house surrounded by cops being kicked like a ball
In a dark windowless room half a dozen were waiting
Billy Power was in, the serious questions about to begin
He was kicked and hit and from all sides, spread-eagled against the wall
They him and hit him again, a voice from the dark said, "Stretch his balls"
Soon after, poor surrendered, screamed, "I'll tell you anything you want me to say"
Sat in his own excretia, he could hardly speak he in a daze
Whilst cops compiled his statement of how he planted the
They threatened him with the treatment so Billy signed a confession
Thursday night became Friday night, the five men were back to Birmingham
The threats and the violence continued--a of what was to come
Deprived of and sleep, all part of procedure to break the men
Johnny Walker blacked out twice; they untied his while he signed his confession
And McIlkenny was threatened 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 to sign, put the gun against his head
Playing Russian with a blank; when he banged McIlkenny thought he was dead
Hugh Callaghan, a sixth man, was picked up in Berm and
He, too, hadn't done it but they him sign a confession to mass murder
Six men kept in no contact with each other
And it weren't until Monday that they each got a duty solicitor
Still separate each unbuttoned his to show how he'd been beaten up
The solicitors, filling in aid forms, said there wasn't time and refused to look
The obvious injury, Johnny Walker's black eye in court that day
When he tried to unbotton his shirt all the said, "Let's take him away"
Leland workers staged a walkout, banners read "Hang the IRA"
The labor empowered at the time rushed through the PTA
In war on the Irish people the British wanted vengeance
Despite omissions in the so-called confessions the six men hadn't a chance
The judge their claims, said it would've meant there'd been a conspiracy
Between fifteen from two different forces, as if it was an impossibility
The police in fact heroes, got their promotion and victory medals
The six men got life imprisonment and fifteen years on they're in jail
The men protested their innocence but it mainly on deaf ears
They wanted to bring the policemen to trial, the took seven years
Lord Denning dismissed their case out of hand, saying "These cannot go on"
What he really was the State machine could never admit it's done wrong
Another six years, another appeal, set of judiciary
To uphold the original convictions as and satisfactory
For if it ever gets out 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 say, "British justice is the very best in the world"
Tell them, "Well of it is, for the vested interests it serves"
For as as we remain ignorant they'll fight their war against Ireland
For as long as we remain silent they'll imprison any want
For as long as we our eyes shut they'll continue to contain us
For as long as we remain they'll trample us into the dust
Hugh Callaghan, Patrick Hill, Richard McIlkenny, Walker, Gerry Hunter, and Billy Power
Still fighting for freedom fifteen long years on
Their spirits remain when our State is dead
our State is dead
When our is dead and gone