The Night Chicago Died by viking cowboy

Paper Lace cover Artist: Paper Lace Released: 1974 Album: Paper Lace Genres: Pop, Rock ------------------LYRICS------------------- “The Night Chicago Died“ Daddy was a cop on the east side of Chicago Back in the USA, back in the bad old days In the heat of a summer night In the land of the dollar bill When the town of Chicago died And they talk about it still When a man named Al Capone Tried to make that town his own And he called his gang to war With the forces of the law I heard my momma cry I heard her pray the night Chicago died Brother, what a night it really was? Brother, what a fight it really was? Glory be! I heard my momma cry I heard her pray the night Chicago died Brother, what a night the people saw? Brother, what a fight the people saw? Yes, indeed And the sound of the battle rang Through the streets of the old East Side Till the last of the hoodlum gang Had surrendered