Mississippi Voices

Dark echoes of the past reverberate In Mississippi voices filled with hate. This morning nooses hanging from a tree Remind us all of lynching history. Some people claim great progress has been made And racist attitudes, in time, will fade; If this is true then why do people try To resurrect the Old South's battle cry? To say Jeff Davis was a patriot Is simply vile and apoplectic rot. He was a traitor to his very core In spite of false heroic Southern lore. The South was built upon the backs of slaves Who found no freedom 'til they found their graves, And those who try to sanitize this truth Reanimate the hate of John Wilkes Booth.