Back of the Bus Songtext
von Harry Belafonte

If you miss me at the back of the bus
You can′t find me nowhere
Come on over to the front of the bus
Because I'll be riding up there

I′ll be riding up there
I'll be riding up there
Come on over to the front of the bus
Because I'll be riding up there

If you miss me on the picket line
You can′t find me nowhere, oh
Come on over to the city jail
Because I′ll be rooming over there

(My Lolly) I'll be rooming over there
(Because) I′ll be rooming over there, oh
Come on over to the city jail
Because I'll be rooming over there


If you miss me at the Mississippi river
You can′t find me nowhere, oh
Come on over to the swimming pool
Because I'll be swimming over there

(My Lolly) I′ll be swimming over there, over there
('Cause of you) I'll be swimming right there
Oh, come on over to the swimming pool
Because I′ll be swimming over there

If you miss me in the cotton fields
You can′t find me nowhere
Come on over to the boating booth
Because I'll be a boating right there

(My Lolly) I′ll be boating right there, right there
(Because) I'll be boating right there
Well, come on over to the boating booth
Because I′ll be boating right there

If you miss me at the back of the bus
You can't find me nowhere
Well, come on over to the front of the bus
Because I′ll be riding up there


(My Lolly) I'll be riding up there, up there
(Because) I'll be riding up there
Well, come on over to the front of the bus
Because I′ll be riding right there

(Record My Lolly)
I′ll be riding right there
(Because) I'll be riding up there
Well, come on over to the front of the bus
Because I′ll be riding right there

Oh, I tell you, Lolly, yes, I'll be riding up there
With my little black brothers and my sisters, Lolly
With all my blue, and the king, oh, Lolly
With my buddy, old Jim Jim forming, Lolly
I′ll be riding, oh, Lord, what a journey
I'll be a-riding right there