The song called, “The Night Chicago Died,” is about an actual event that occurred in US crime history during the late 1920's-1930's Gangster's Era, with Al Capone, Joseph Kennedy (father of New York Democratic Senator Robert "Bobby" Kennedy, former US President John "Jack" F. Kennedy, former Massachusetts Democratic Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy) and Richard Daley (father of White House chief of staff William "Bill" M. Daley). "Oho!' said the pot to the kettle;
"You are dirty and ugly and black!
Sure no one would think you were metal,
Except when you're given a crack."
"Not so! not so! kettle said to the pot;
"'Tis your own dirty image you see;
For I am so clean -without blemish or blot-
That your blackness is mirrored in me."
Poem from an elementary grammar school book (1904).
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