Back of the Bus

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