tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734742451636770723.post3402033620091344202..comments2023-09-30T09:37:59.720-07:00Comments on Bob Feldman 68: Remembering 40th Anniversary of Kent State Massacreb.f.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00907592761685745016noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734742451636770723.post-81890939144529719022010-05-28T18:41:47.954-07:002010-05-28T18:41:47.954-07:00Glad you found the entry and Afghan series of inte...Glad you found the entry and Afghan series of interest to you and your readers.<br /><br />Following are the lyrics to the public domain "Marily Buck" biographical folk song (from a few years ago, when she was then imprisoned out in California).<br /><br />Way out in California<br />Is where they have her locked<br />For she is strong and beautiful<br />And her name is Marilyn Buck.<br /><br />They sentenced her to eighty years<br />Because she is morally tough<br />Her rebel spirit they cannot break<br />And her name is Marilyn Buck.<br /><br />From Texas to Chicago<br />The War she tried to stop<br />She fought alongside Black comrades<br />And her name is Marilyn Buck.<br /><br />Assata Shakur, from prison freed,<br />Did give them all a shock<br />And another rebel they could not find<br />Her name was Marilyn Buck.<br /><br />The Capitol bombed, where the Congress met<br />To finance CIA plots<br />And one of the resisters charged<br />Her name was Marilyn Buck.<br /><br />Political prisoners still locked up<br />The list is very long<br />There’s Mutulu Shakur and Sekou Odinga<br />And each one deserves their own song.<br /><br />There’s Sundiata Acoli and Mumia<br />And Herman Bell and Robert Seth Hayes<br />And Jamil Al-Amin and the Africas<br />And Carlos Alberto Torres.<br /><br />So if you get discouraged<br />And wish you had more luck<br />Remember the freedom fighters<br />And the soulful Marilyn Buck.<br /><br />Yes, way out in California<br />Is where they have her locked<br />For she is strong and beautiful<br />And her name is Marilyn Buck.<br /><br />To listen to the "Marilyn Buck" folk song, you can go to the Last.Fm music site for Bob A. Feldman at following link:<br /><br />http://www.last.fm/music/Bob+A.+Feldman/Biographical+Folk+Songsb.f.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00907592761685745016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7734742451636770723.post-58755337629985622052010-05-28T12:12:28.373-07:002010-05-28T12:12:28.373-07:00Good entry. I could use your lyrics for "Mari...Good entry. I could use your lyrics for "Marilyn Buck" if you can send them along. I recently read a very interesting article in "The Rag Blog" on her seemingly forgotten case. Free Marilyn Buck! <br /><br />Also I have placed your Afghan series on my blog. For now I am placing all parts in one spot at May 9, 2010 until it is completed and then will push it forward. Thanks, Markin.american left historyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06882945935118479402noreply@blogger.com