His only crime was to live good and decent <br />And the day he was murdered a dream was destroyed <br />He stood by El Salvador's poor and downtrodden <br />And he lived for the people and for them he died. <br /> <br />History will be kind to Oscar Romero <br />And memories of him won't fade with passage of time <br />And may God in his forgiveness forgive the man's killers <br />If they seek forgiveness for their awful crime. <br /> <br />History will be kinder to Oscar Romero <br />More to those than who took his life away <br />His only crime was to stand by the people <br />But look at the price the great man had to pay. <br /> <br />Murdered in church where he often did worship <br />And where all of his people assembled to pray <br />El Salvador has it's black days of sorrow <br />But death of Romero still it's blackest day. <br /> <br />Murdered because he spoke for oppressed people <br />Murdered because of the truth that he spoke <br />He spoke for human rights, freedom and justice <br />And by torture and beatings he could not be broke. <br /> <br />They gave to El Salvador a great martyr <br />Oscar Romero is to be a saint <br />He died because he spoke out for his people <br />And only the purest can die free of taint. <br /> <br />His is a story for bards and for writers <br />Here is a man who deserve all his fame <br />And those who came and murdered him in his chapel <br />Gave to Romero an immortal name. <br /> <br />His only crime was to live good and decent <br />And the day he was murdered a dream was destroyed <br />He stood by El Salvador's poor and downtrodden. <br />And he lived for the people and for them he died.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-ballad-of-oscar-romero/
