paroles de chanson Bentley and Craig - June Tabor
In
1952
in
Croydon
town
The
streets
still
scarred
from
the
war
November
that
year
food
was
scarcely
off
the
ration
Two
boys
went
out
to
rob
a
store
Two
young
boys
went
out
to
rob
a
store
Christopher
Craig
he
was
just
sixteen
Derek
Bentley
he
was
nineteen
Craig
had
a
Colt
.45
in
his
pocket
Made
him
feel
more
like
a
man
Up
on
the
roof
of
Barlow
and
Parker
Somebody
saw
them
there
In
a
matter
of
minutes
the
police
had
arrived
When
they
heard
the
bell
you
bet
them
boys
were
scared
Craig
he
shouted,
"I′ve
got
a
gun!"
And
he
thought
about
the
movies
that
he'd
seen
And
at
Fell
Road
station
the
rifles
out
were
signed
And
police
were
soon
back
at
the
scene
Some
of
the
police
had
got
up
onto
the
roof
Derek
Bentley
knew
he
never
could
escape
So
he
gave
himself
up
and
was
put
under
arrest
And
he
begged
his
young
friend
Chris
to
do
the
same
So
people
say
"Give
me
the
gun,"
the
sergeant
said
"Let
him
have
it,
Chris,"
poor
Bentley
cried
And
a
shot
rang
out,
tore
the
night
in
two
On
that
dirty
roof
a
brave
policeman
died
Guilty
of
this
murder
both
these
boys
were
found
Craig
was
too
young,
not
yet
a
man
Though
he
was
under
arrest
when
the
fatal
shot
was
fired
Derek
Bentley
was
judged
old
enough
to
hang
Derek,
he
was
judged
to
be
a
man
Wandsworth
jail,
January
twenty
third
They
took
that
poor
boy′s
life
Some
people
shouted,
some
people
prayed
Some
people
hung
their
heads
and
cried
And
the
mother,
she
just
hung
her
head
and
cried
All
of
you
who
sanctioned
that
boy's
death
There's
one
thing
left
you
could
do
You
could
pardon
Derek
Bentley
who
never
took
a
life
For
Derek
Bentley,
he
can
never
pardon
you
Derek
Bentley,
he
can
never
pardon
you
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