letra de peggy - the 1865 (ny)
[verse 1]
i heard they got peggy, man
they took her back
accused of destruction of property
that’s all we were in those days
sn-tched her back into a slave
from across the frozen brown river
even though she’d already been free
same age as ian curtis
about five foot three
with a scar on the left side of her forehead and cheek
[chorus]
when the judge asked how this came to be
peggy said, “a white man struck me”
[verse 2]
coldest winter in sixty years
frozen tears as she drifted in ice water
after thoughts of the butcher knife she took to the throat of her own daughter
took d-mn near five hundred deputy recruits to try and maintain some kinda order
but who could say she had no right?
who could blame her!
someday she’ll run back to god
uh huh! mm hmm
[chorus]
through proud and gritted t–th
peggy said, “a white man done struck me”
[bridge]
life’s hard
i know, i know, i know
but now it’s time to pick up the pieces
life’s hard
i know, i know, i know
but it’s time to pick up the pieces
[spoken outro]
speaker 1: man, i dunno, i dunno if you heard about, about peggy, what she did, what she did to them children…
speaker 2: whoo, i hear about that, yeah…
speaker 1: aw man, oh goddammit…
speaker 2: oh, godd-mn, it broke my heart…
speaker 1: yeah, oh god, wait–five of them?
speaker 2: five
speaker 1: five?!
speaker 2: yeah, five of those kids…
speaker 1: oh man…
speaker 2: and i think one a the kids was by massa
speaker 1: oh…
speaker 2: new baby was by massa so she couldn’t take it home
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