IF YOU MISS ME AT THE BACK OF THE BUS

If you miss me at the Back of the bus
You can't find me no where
Come on over to the front of the bus
I'll be riding up there
I'll be riding up there
I'll be riding up there
Oh Oh
Come on over to the front of the bus
I'll be riding up there

If you miss me on the picket line
you can't find me nowhere
come on over to the city jail
I'll be roaming over there
I'll be roaming over there
I'll be roaming over there
Oh Oh
Come on over to the city jail
I'll be roaming over there

One of the young people had just come down from Carroll, Illinois where they had a drive to desegregate the municipal swimming pool

If you miss me in the Mississippi River
you can't find me nowhere
come on over to the swimming pool
I'll be swimming right there
I'll be swimming right there
I'll be swimming right there
Oh Oh
Come on over to the swimming pool
I'll be swimming over there

Oh here's a verse that was prophetic
Came true, I heard it in October, and in many places in came true in November

If you miss me in the cotton fields
you can't find me nowhere
come on over to the courthouse
I'll be voting right there
I'll be voting right there
I'll be voting up there
Oh Oh
Come on over to the courthouse
I'll be voting over there

If you miss me at the Back of the bus
You can't find me no where
Come on over to the front of the bus
I'll be riding up there
I'll be riding up there
I'll be riding up there
Oh Oh
Come on over to the front of the bus
I'll be riding up there

QUESTIONS

• What is the message of this song?
• Does this song represent the culture of the 1960s?
• How do you think this song would have made people feel in the 1960s?