"Have You Been to Jail for Justice?"

[Hekate]

(Anyone who can get the link for the performance, please do)

I dedicate this to all those unjustly caged on our borders, especially the children. Where are the marchers at the perimeters and gates?

Peter, Paul, and Mary

Was it Cesar Chavez or Rosa Parks that day?
Some say Dr. King or Ghandi
Set them on their way
No matter who your mentors are
It's pretty plain to see
That if you've been to jail for justice
You're in good company

Have you been to jail for justice?
I want to shake your hand
'Cause sitting in and laying down
Are ways to take a stand
Have you sung a song for freedom
Or marched that picket line?
Have you been to jail for justice?
Then you're a friend of mine

You law abiding citizens
Come listen to this song
Laws are made by people
And people can be wrong
Once unions were against the law
But slavery was fine
Women were denied the vote
While children worked the mine
The more you study history
The less you can deny it
A rotten law stays on the books
'til folks with guts defy it!

Have you been to jail for justice?
I want to shake your hand
'Cause sitting in and laying down
Are ways to take a stand
Have you sung a song for freedom
Or marched that picket line?
Have you been to jail for justice?
Then you're a friend of mine

Well the law is supposed to serve us
And so are the police
When the system fails
It's up to us to speak our piece
We must be ever vigilant
For justice to prevail
So get courage from your convictions
Let 'em haul you off to jail!

Have you been to jail for justice?
I want to shake your hand
'Cause sitting in and laying down
Are ways to take a stand
Have you sung a song for freedom
Or marched that picket line?

Have you been to jail for justice?
Then you're a friend of mine
Have you been to jail for justice
Have you been to jail for justice
Have you been to jail for justice
Then you're a friend of mine

[csziggy]

1. I don't know if this is Peter, Paul, and Mary, but it is a good video of the song

Remastered Peter, paul & Mary version:

[Hekate]

3. Thanks. Finally decided on a dose of folk music for my grief

And ended up with PP&M, a good place to start.

Where are our singers now? We desperately need their rallying cry. Where are the songs for these pobrecitos in the dog cages and the babes who have disappeared God knows where? La Llorona weeps for her lost children and somewhere vengeance waits.

[skylucy]

2. I have always liked that song!

Peter, Paul and Mary do a great job singing' it!