Freedom Riders Lyrics - Phil Ochs

Jackson, Mississippi is a mighty white town 

The white folks, they like to keep the black folks down 

They think they'll be alright but there's gonna be a fight 

And they'll have to share that freedom crown 

Yes, they'll have to share that freedom crown 

Freedom riders roll along 

Freedom riders won't be long 

Won't be long 

They boarded a bus in Washington D.C. 

To enter a state half slave and half free 

The wheels hummed a song and they sang along 

The song of liberty, the song of liberty 

Freedom riders roll along 

Freedom riders won't be long 

Won't be long 

Jimmy Farmer was a hard fightin' man 

Decided one day that he had to make a stand 

He led them down to slavery town 

And they threw Jim Farmer in the can 

And they threw Jim Farmer in the can 

Freedom riders roll along 

Freedom riders won't be long 

Won't be long 

One of these days and it won't be long 

The solid south is gonna sing another song 

They'll understand that a man's not a man 

'Til he has all the freedoms of the land 

Freedom riders roll along 

Freedom riders won't be long 

Won't be long