Bombingham! - Hawkins Class History Project

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 4. 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:
• "Only The Children" - ...
Lyrics:
Verse:
Street violence
Hold ‘Em back again
Hold ‘Em back again
With Street Violence
Instrumental
Verse:
With one wave of a hat
They’re bracing for combat
Hoses sending kids 8 feet back
Dogs are primed and ready to attack
It’s just a simple fact
Their ways are built to last
When trouble comes peaking just blow up ‘Em fast
More destruction don’t ever look back
But that’s just…
Chorus:
Bombingham
Oh good old Bombingham
The place where no man
Could make a stir
But the children
Stood through the hurt
At Kelly Ingram
On May 3rd
Close to freedom
Closer to Bull Connor
The place that locked
The King in a cage
There’s more than pushback there’s unbridled rage
And there’s no one willing to face
It but the children
Sources:
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.ebscohost.com/login.as.... 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.” RUclips, RUclips, 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.