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Freedom Riders
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Phil Ochs
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Jackson, mississippi, is a mighty white town,
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The white folks they like to keep the black folks down
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They think they'll be allright, but there's gonna be a fight
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And they'll have to share that freedom crown,
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Yes, they'll have to share that freedom crown.
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Freedom riders roll along
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Freedom riders won't be long
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Won't be long.
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They boarded a bus in washington d.c.
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To enter a state half slave and half free
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The wheels hummed a song and they sang along
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The song of liberty, the song of liberty.
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*chorus*
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Jimmy farmer was a hard fightin' man
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Decided one day that he had to make a stand
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He led them down to slavery town
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And they threw jim farmer in the can
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And they threw jim farmer in the can.
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*chorus*
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One of these days and it won't be long
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The solid south is gonna sing another song
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They'll understand that a man's not a man
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'til he has all the freedoms of the land.
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*chorus*
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