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Transcription: [00:09:48]
[[singing]]
If you miss me from the back of the bus,
and you can´t find me nowhere yeah,

[00:09:55]
come on up to the front of the bus I´ll be riding up there,
(let me hear it)

[00:10:01]
I´ll be riding up there,
I´ll be riding up there yeah,
come on up to the front of the bus I´ll be riding up there,

[00:10:14]
and if you miss me from the thrifty drug store, you can´t find me nowhere yeah,
come on over to Woolworth´s I´ll be sitting in there

[00:10:27]
yes, I´ll be sitting in there (let me hear it)
I´ll be sitting in there yeah,
come on over to Woolworth´s I´ll be sitting in there,

[00:10:40]
and If you miss me from the cotton field you can´t find me nowhere,
come on down to the city hall, I´ll be registered there yes

[00:10:53]
I´ll be registered there
I´ll be registered there yeah,
come on down to the city hall, I´ll be registered there,

[00:11:06]
If you miss me from the picket line you can´t find me nowhere,
(City jail)come on down to the city jail, I´ll be sleeping down there,
yes I´ll be sleeping down there,
I´ll be sleeping down there

[00:11:25]
Yes,
come on down to the city jail I´ll be sleeping down there,

[00:11:32]
And If you miss me from the Mississippi River you can´t find me nowhere,
Come on down to the swimming pool, I´ll be swimming down there yes,

[00:11:45]
I´ll be swimming down there,
I´ll be swimming down there yes,
come on down to the swimming pool, I´ll be swimming down there,

[00:11:58]
If you miss me from the front of the bus, you can´t find me nowhere,
(come on back)come on back to the back of the bus I´ll be riding back there, (that's you, some of us)

[00:12:12]
I´ll be riding back there,
I´ll be riding back there yes,
come on back to the back of the bus, I´ll be riding back there,

[00:12:24]
That's where all of us with a lighter skin complexion.

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I've been doin' some hard travelin'
I thought you'd know
I've been doin' some hard travelin' way down the road

[00:12:36]
Well if you and-- don't think that I've been through hell, follow me down to the Greenwood jail.
I've been having some hard travels alone

[00:12:47]
Well I've been walking the sreets of rule ville, I thought you'd know.
I've been walking the streets of rule ville, way down the road.
Knockin' on doors and spreading news and wearing big holes in the bottom of my shoes
and I've been having some hard travels alone.
[00:13:02]
Yes, I've been living at hard rock jail, I thought you'd know.
I've been landing a hard rock jail, way down the road.
That mean old judge he says to me, "ninety days for vacancy",
And I've been having some hard travels alone.
[00:13:21]
Yes, I've been walkin' the streets of Greenwood, I thought you'd know
I've been walking the streets of Greenwood, way down the road.
There were guns blasting, and bullets a flyin'
poor Jimmy Travis damn near dyin'
He's been havin' some hard travels alone
[00:13:39]
Yes, I've been having some hard travelling, I thought you'd know.
I've been having some hard travelling, way down the road.
Freedom sounds so mighty sweet
Soon one day we're gonna meet
I've been having some hard travels alone.

[00:13:58]
[[applause]]

Transcription Notes:
At 00:12:24 I couldnt catch what he said at the end of the lyric