Nous ne savions pas... Cest ce que Tom Paxton fait dire à ce maire allemand qui ne savait pas quil y avait un camp de concentration aux portes de sa ville, au bon chrétien blanc du Sud qui ne savait pas quon lynchait les Noirs, à lélecteur qui ne savait pas quon bombardait le Vietnam et quon torturait les prisonniers... Et que vouliez vous que nous fassions ? La vidéo nest pas particulièrement agréable à regarder : des images terriblement violentes,, dont on peut parfaitement se dispenser ! WE DIDN’T KNOW We didnt know said the Burgomeister, About the camps on the edge of town. It was Hitler and his crew, That tore the German nation down. We saw the cattle cars its true, And maybe they carried a Jew or two. They woke us up as they rattled through, But what did you expect me to do? [Cho:] We didnt know at all, We didnt see a thing. You cant hold us to blame, What could we do? It was a terrible shame, But we cant bear the blame. Oh no, not us, we didnt know. We didnt know said the congregation, Singing a hymn in a church of white. The Press was full lf lies about us, Preacher told us we were right. The outside agitators came. They burned some churches and put the blame, On decent southern peoples names, To set our colored people aflame. And maybe some of our boys got hot, And a couple of niggers and reds got shot, They should have stayed where they belong, And preacher wouldve told us if wed done wrong. [Cho:] We didnt know said the puzzled voter, Watching the President on TV. I guess weve got to drop those bombs, If were gonna keep South Asia free. The Presidents such a peaceful man, I guess hes got some kind of plan. They say were torturing prisoners of war, But I dont believe that stuff no more. Torturing prisoners is a communist game, And You can bet theyre doing the same. I wish this war was over and through, But what do you expect me to do? [Cho:] https://youtube/watch?v=V8963Z-v5kc
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:29:44 +0000
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