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Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Folks, listen to this story,
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it's one the world should know
Of a Negro boy, fourteen,
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From Chicago to Mississippi
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We won't see little
Verse 2
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Emmett Till, Emmett Till
His name will be a legend,
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From Chicago to Mississippi
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We won't see little Emmett
Verse 3
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Few days in Tallahassee,
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Emmett with his little pals
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They bought bubble gum and candy
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from the wo man in the store
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They turned to leave,
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little Emmett said, "Goodbye"
Verse 4
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His little pals said to him, "What you
mean there, sayin' goodbye
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To the woman in Money grocery store"
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They said, "She's good lookin'",
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Emmett said, "Oohoo, you're right"
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And that remark cost
Verse 5
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Emmett Till, Emmett Till
His name will be a legend,
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From Chicago to Mississippi
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We won't see little Emmett
Verse 6
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'Twas on the following Sunday,
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they say about two a.m.
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They said to uncle Mose,
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"We've come to get the boy
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He whistled at that woman, he
Verse 7
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He was taken to a stable,
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beat and shot right through the head
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All one could hear were blows
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Last words were, "Mama, save me,
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have mercy on me, Lord"
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The blows still fell, but
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little Emmett had died
Verse 8
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Emmett Till, Emmett Till
His name will be a legend,
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From Chicago to Mississippi
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We won't see little Emmett anymore
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Verse 9
Weights were placed upon his
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body, in the river they did fling
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Believing their foolish
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But in time the body came afloat,
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still wearing daddy's ring
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Ring and feet un cle Mose
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identified
Verse 10
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The bad men went to trial,
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sat and grinned and smoked and chewed
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As the fearful witnesses all did testify
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Jury out sixty- five minutes,
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returned verdict in hand
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was their very prompt reply
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Emmett Till, Emmett Till
His name will be a legend,
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From Chicago to Mississippi
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We won't see little Emmett anymore
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No, we won't see
little Emmett anymore
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