"Colston Statue Blues"
Channel: MultiChannelZero
Date: 2020-06-09

Lyrics by Eddie Gibbons

I see that statue a-fallin’
It's rolling on the ground
It’s been up such a long time, but it won’t go back again
We ain’t stuck with Colston’s statue now we’ve pulled it down
No more will he be frowning over Bristol town

When I was just a small boy, my teacher told me, son
Remember Edward Colston and all the good he’s done
For this city by his slaving ships sailing on the sea
Trading with the Yankees for tobacco, gold and tea

You bet there’s rich folk riding round in limousines and cars
Drinking fancy whisky and smokin’ big cigars
Well, how they got their money was from ancestry
inheriting the millions made from slavery.

Well I’ve grown up a free man with a mind of my own
I judge a man by what he is not by what he owns
And the colour of his skin will never make me frown
So I’m helping Black Lives Matter to tear this statue down