By Anon
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The Proclaimers have written a song about Jimmy Savile and the BBC child abuse scandal.
Savile was a presenter on the BBC’s Top of the Pops when The Proclaimers, Craig and Charlie, became famous in the 1980s.
“I can’t believe that I couldn’t see
“How many dodgy men were running TV.
“While I was growing into a man
“They took advantage of their fans.
“When I was a boy
“But circumstances change
“Now maybe we were on Top of the Pops.
“Some of the hosts have got the chop.
“I’m sleeping soundly in my bed
“Cos Jimmy Savile is still dead.”
“The crux of the song is that those victims and their families are being told that abuse took place in the distant past and that it was then and not now.
‘I’m sleeping soundly in my bed cos Jimmy Savile’s still dead’