Tennessee State University: The Ballad Of Birmingham

[IlluminatedPoet]

Thanks Ms. Phillips for showing us this! I've been singing this since freshman high school year! I'm a junior and still sing it!

[KaylaBabiee98]

Thanks too my Enqlish teacher for showinq us this : ) And my friend Nia for Sinqinq it acapella : ) Got qoosebumps... this sonqq is sad

[KaylaBabiee98]

Thanks too my Enqlish teacher for showinq us this : ) And my friend Nia for Sinqinq it acapella : ) Got qoosebumps... this sonqq is sad

[MsMoe74]

awwwwwww, thats so sad

[kieyana751]

S/o To Mr.Sanders For Showing Us This In Class <333333

[katherinev11]

it's strange when my teacher talks abut this wideo and I'm the only colered person in the room

[XxOverBoostedxX]

@katherinev11 #the awkward moment when..

[aprilblevinsstar13]

my 8th grade language arts teacher showed us this today. the voice of the lady singing this sounds so familiar... whos singing it? it sounds like rihanna or something

[Savanna2401]

@ThaYoungBreezy2 The Police were in ka hoots with the KKK... /:

[Meeplord99]

@ThaYoungBreezy2 He only was found guilty of having unlawful possession of 120 sticks of dynamite.

[kjazmin606]

This video is sad

[momo51077]

@ThaYoungBreezy2 im sayin

[ScoobieBoyTV]

its so sad i love it omg i think about it everyday why day did tht

[Dam3ii]

it is a poem and based on a real story i felt sorry for her lose my teacher showed this video in school and it is the first time for me to listen and my teacher told me sing it and i will get a bouns yayyyyy

[megacrazyforcookies]

This is 2 sad i want to cry but won't!

[preetygirlswagg100]

this is too sad

[Flyleaf302]

after my class read the book watsons go to birmingham our teacher showed us this song. i was almost in tears while the girl sitting next to me was saying "turn this off this song is stupid!" im no longer friends with her.. she obviously has no feelings... because she made fun of a kid who has no home the week before..

[squeaks2006]

I would feel really guilty if I was the mother!

[megacrazyforcookies]

@squeaks2006 I would would feel guilty also and be like we'll church is no good place!

[squeaks2006]

My teacher showed this to us in class too, but I'm in 7th grade and I just cried my eyes out! :'(

[siobhanfox12]

So Sad Learning It n School Nearly Started Crying :'( Rip Who Ever Did :/

[TheSkullz909]

I love this song, I always get tears in my eyes when I imagine what it was like to be the Mother. R.I.P those four girls.

[dplaya25]

this song made me cry . it so . omg. and im a dude.

[WoahCarrot]

I can't believe the horrendous things we have done, or the words we have used to justify them

I am not old enough to have been there, but if I was I hope I would be one of the people getting shot at and not one of the people shooting. With the cloud of ignorance that existed at that time though, who knows what side of the gun I'd be on.

I'm grateful, however, that this was documented for future generations to learn and grow from past mistakes

RIP those 4 girls, your story will not be forgotten

[veve1996canesw]

this is actually a goodd song but its sad

[antwine38]

will someone PLLEEAASEEE tell me where i can find this version of the song

[XxOfficalC2xX]

I had to sing this with 3 other girls in class it was hard to sing and try not to cry at the same time.

[koalasrock99]

this song is so said. it makes me cry :'(

[HappyPerson65]

Dis song is sad!!! I luv the book Watsons go to birmingham

[squeaks2006]

@HappyPerson65 Ya after we read that book our teacher showed us this song

[77socom]

OMG!!! MY LITTLE SISTERS 7TH GRADE LANGUAGE ARTS CLASS IS READING THE WATSONS GO TO BURMINGHAM- 1963, AND HER TEACHER SHOWED THIS TO THE CLASS!!! SHE SAID IT WAS AWSOME!!!!!! SHE SAID THE SONG FIT PERFECTLY WITH THE VIDEO AND IT WAS STUCK IN HER HEAD ALL DAY!!!!!! GREAT VIDEO AND SONG!!!! ;D

[RWeathers13]

give it up for dudley randall

[AmbassadorDJ]

Whoever dislikes this is racist

[tae2495]

wow i think everyone's who read Watsons Go to Birmingham, there teacher showed this song :( I remember I was showed this in 7th grade and pretty much the entire class was crying. I've been looking for this song for soooo long. It's extremely sad. :,(

[kaylarockify]

@tae2495 omg yea i read that book in 5th grade tho

[77socom]

@77socom OMG!!!! MY LITTLE SISTERS 7TH GRADE CLASS IS READING THE WATSONS GO TO BURMINGHAM AND HER TEACHER SHOWED THE CLASS THIS SONG!!!!! SHE SAID IT WENT PERFECTLY WITH THE VID AND THAT THE SONG WAS STUCK IN HER HEAD ALL DAY!!!!! YEA, SO PRETTY MUCH THE SAME MEANING TO THIS COMENT AS TO YOURS!!!!! PS, SCREW THOSE DAMN, ASS FUCKING, BOMBING BITCHES!!!!!! >:(

[randompeacegirl]

my teacher showed us this song.

it made me really sad, but a couple of guys LAUGHED while it was playing. made fun of it!!!!

i cant believe anybody would ever do this. and to think they would even think to laugh.

[kaylarockify]

@randompeacegirl y would they laugh dat crazie!

[humblepieproductions]

So powerful. Thank you.

[42links]

i turns out that the man that put that bomb in the chuch protesting for colored ppl not 2 have religeous rights actually didnt know that sometimes they held choir early and the 4 girls that died were really the only ones in the entire church its so sad 2 think that something like this killed so many ppl its really stupid the reasons why ppl did things like this.

[TheMickensShow]

beautiful song had it in class cause we read watsons go to birmingham

[booooooolpusterd]

@TheMickensShow i knew i would see someone that i knew comment on this vid

[kyukatt]

those innocent girls are in heaven. Their killers can suffer torment forever for robbing these girls of their lives. I can't understand such hate, and I hope I never will. All I hope for is peace, may we use this tragedy and others in history as a lesson so we will never repeat such crimes.

[megacrazyforcookies]

@kyukatt I AGREE

[hardnphirm87]

And to think this is what our people Endured..... Stand UP and fight

[indibindylou]

OMG is your poetry thing social commentary songs? Cos I'm doing that too!!!

[TheMissRosario]

this makes me cry EVERY single time i hear it.

[chocfantom70]

We listened 2 dis in class. I got a lil bit emotional on da inside but I didn't show it.

[ahapagmar12]

My teacher showed us this in class for a poetry thing we were doing. What a depressing way to start monday.

[TheBrandon0123]

Same thing happened to me today. So sad what happened.

[BumbleBee886]

Omg ma teacher showed dis tah da class in 5 th grade. So sad. Why wuld ppl be as shallow as to do this. Wat did black ppl do tah u. ( haters )

[kaylarockify]

@BumbleBee886 same here our teacher showed this vid at 5th grade also ,what school did u go to?

[BumbleBee886]

@kaylarockify well im not just gonna say my school on here. so i went to faw, if u went there then u would know if u went to that school too. but i read the watsons go to burmingham.

[kaylarockify]

@BumbleBee886 o ok

[WeEatAcidCrayons]

@BumbleBee886 My teacher showed me in 9 th grade n i cryed >.<

[NerdswithAfros]

Well made... This song is so beautiful. We read about these four girls in my 8th grade literature class and listened to the song. In a way, it is inspirational to the new generation to be a better people. Well done.

-Afro

[blusum1]

waaaaaaaaa .......so sad

[TheMusiclovemusic]

so touching.

Great job!!!!

its so sad

but so sweet

[Italygirl125]

really touching..

[RedWeatherTigerd]

This gave me chills. Haunting voice, music, and images combine with Randall's words to make this spectacularly powerful. Thanks so much.

[CWgirl08]

Very well done!! I love this poem, thanks 4 putting it to music!!!

[babyphatdiva4sho]

this song is so touching

[vonnquis]

thanks!!! glad to know that you liked it!!

[kaylarockify]

@babyphatdiva4sho  tru dat!

[Javeeus12]

she did that

[vonnquis]

thank you so much...your comments mean a lot to me!!

[KEKEONDECK96]

iLUV DiS S0NG

iLiST3N 2W0 iT iN LaNGUaG3 ArTs..

iWUsZ CRYiN CNT YU T3LL

[kakakandy]

wat skul do u go to i go to union 6 and 7 grade center

[BumbleBee886]

this video is very sad. cant beeleve people would do this!! what did we ever do to them...

[shanae7]

we listen to this in my comp 2 class last week.

[vonnquis]

i am the soloist of this song santayana harris...how are you? i hope you liked the song!! Thanks for commenting may i ask !what teacher/what is comp 2 you heard this in...

[bransened]

Santayanna what's up? It's Bransen. Are you still in Nashville?

[hinata1356]

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[straynugget]

Heard it in English class as well.. hehe

[CrazzedShinobi]

We listened to this in english also. And i loved it

[jblack1199]

i think this is such a beautiful song and i just want to listen 2 it a Billion times over and over !! i first heard it in my Language arts class and it really touched me.

[402do]

who sings dis??

[ch33rChik]

we herd this in laguage arts and i love this song it made me want to cry the first time i herd it! we read the book watsons go to birmingham and then my teacher showed us this video because they had the bombing in the book!

[sydneyangel7]

what skool do u got to

[lgbrooks]

I hear you Santayana!!!

[tweetysqueen4ever]

we had to interpret this ballad in english i really liked you'all did a very good job

[WhatIsBJJ]

hi english class!!!

[SantaMurtagh]

Hey English!!!!!!!

[LinseyLou2]

Does anyone know how to find this other than on Youtube so you would be able to burn it to a CD or even purchase it? Thanks!

[JuiceyJuice360]

This is a beautiful song! I heard it first in my language arts class!!! I love it!!

[sbjennels]

This is really wonderful, ladies. Your musical interpretation is gorgeous. I teach this poem to my seniors and I will play your lovely version of it next year when we study "Ballad of Birmingham."

[sportyg3]

omg i have to do the same thing in english...weird

[xblacktwisterx]

omg same! lol

it was so sad

i was so depressed

[jjiyun]

OMG, I'm doing the same thing too!!!

WOW...

[hihihhhhhhhhiiiiiiii]

we heard this song in englich today because we hab to create our own ballad on another event in history

i cried it was soooo sad

[maddie884]

were doing that right now

[DorkTownHero]

I was in FSCT production of Watson's go to Birmingham, and the book is inspired by this poem. So prior to rehearsals, I did watch this vid and I understood the story so much better.

[LilAyyJayy]

my teacher showed our class this song because we were studying for a book called The watsons go to birmingham 1963 in my class before we read it

[vonnquis]

TSU- Tennessee State University

[GuiltyTill4eva]

............amzing thats all I can say you really showed the respect due I've seen some other videos that have been less then tolerable...thank you so much for this

[dancesingaway]

Dudley Randall wrote some amazing lyrics. Good job with the video. Very moving.

[TeleShaman]

touching. very soulful. great tribute!!! AMEN