Just one more death?
by cricketjeff on June 4, 2008. © Jeff Green, All rights reserved
But why did they let him speak?
On the scaffold the day he was hanged
Was the rule of the Fascists so weak
To let such a crowd be harangued?
I stand for Freedom and for right
Against the fascists and the rest
So come to join us in the fight
All Yugoslavs must pass this test
A Croat can’t talk to a Serb?
They’d never believe what he says
Did they think that he wouldn’t perturb
The sway that they held in those days
We have to fight for home and life
A thousand years we were suppressed
Now Tito leads us through our strife
It’s Partisans against the rest
The crowd heard the words that he said
This Croat their leaders condemned
His words would live after he’s dead
This orator should have been stemmed
Now I must die so we go free
My death is only one protest
All come and fight for liberty
So Yugoslavs can’t be suppressed
They hanged him before he was due
But his words were alive in the crowd
Though directly were heard by so few
The echoes were long-lived and loud
The Partisans would win their war
So Southern Slavs survived that test
A scaffold speech none could ignore
Was more than just a lone protest
Author notes
Still being worked on and notes and picture to come
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