Kate Smith’s niece is standing up for her beloved aunt and her rendition of “God Bless America.”
“The people on the Yankees who did this are cowards,” said a furious Suzy Andron, 72, of the team’s decision to stop playing Smith’s 1938 recording of the patriotic favorite.
The Bombers’ ban came amid allegations that two of Smith’s songs had racist lyrics, including a 1939 tune called “That’s Why the Darkies Were Born.”
The heartbroken niece is demanding a meeting with Yankees executives and wants fans to decide if her beloved aunt’s rousing performance of “God Bless America” — which became a seventh-inning stretch staple at Yankee Stadium following the Sept.