Way Down Upon the Detroit River
Lyrics © 2013 Unlisted Songwriter
- Tune
- Swanee River (Old Folks At Home
- Written by
- Unlisted Songwriter
- Gaggle
- Seattle
from the E-vine
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Way down upon the Detroit River
Bankers got more
Made all of them a major bundle
Foreclosing on the poor
All around, bereft and weary
Houses swindled, lost
Robbery and stealing – legal?
O what a human cost
All up and down the whole creation
Sadly they roam
Wondering how it was the law allowed this?
Grief for their long lost homes
All the world sees what went wrong here
Detroit’s a spectacle
Fraud, robbery, misinformation
O what a debacle
Restore to every single victim
Houses gone away
Right here beside the Detroit River
Let’s put things right today
Let there once more be the old folks
Back where they should be
Change laws, protect and serve all people
Bring justice home to me
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