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'''THE STONEWALL INN

40 years ago on the 28th of June The NYPD stormed a Greenwich Village Saloon The Mafia ran it or so they say One of a number of bars for the gay

One of a few vibrant but illegal places to gather at night For the LGBT community it came as such a fright When the NYPD arrested and did beat Gays in the inn and on the street

And now people around the world do know About The Stonewall Inn wherever they go

Over one thousand New Yorkers joined together the following night And stood for five days, for their rights did they fight

The uprising grew from strength to strength They would and did fight for their rights at any length Those being accosted defiantly fought back Launching bricks and bottles at the men who wore black

The tables had turned on the NYPD Of their frustration after years the people did see Oppressions and forced silence the LGBT had to take A retreat into Stonewall the police had to make

The LGBT attempting to torch the building with the NYPD inside The men in black had nowhere to hide

The 'Free-Loving' sixties or so it was told For all men and women whether young or old Tommy Lanigan-Schmidt, a Stonewall veteran did recall A street youth, into prostitution he did fall

A 'haven of love' he went on to describe The NYPD took many a bribe And the police would not allow the LGBT This one refuge, from an oppressive society

Forcing them to react the best way they could Changing history of LGBT for good One month later The Mattachine Society, a leading gay group did stand In Washington Square Park with four hundred people together hand in hand

They developed the notion to shout it out loud 'We are all gay, and We are all proud' Many other strands of the gay movement stood Not for evil but only for good

Standing all together in the Stonewall riot They would never again sit and be quiet

And one year on; on the very same day Thousands marched through Manhattan to have their say This was the birth of The Gay Pride And now The Stonewall Inn is known worldwide

David Raif Bailey August 2009 DavidRaif (talk) 20:29, 23 June 2012 (UTC)