J.B. Lenoir - Blues Classics: J.B. Lenoir

Shot On Meredith

June the sixth, 1966
They shot James Meredith down just like a dog
June the sixth, 1966
They shot James Meredith down just like a dog
Mr. President, I wonder what are you gon' do now?
I don't believe you gon' do nothin' at all

He was marchin' through Mississippi
Leadin' my people what he thought was right
He was marchin' through Mississippi
Leadin' my people what he thought was right
The last I heard of my boy James Meredith
Some evil man tried to take his life

I was lookin' at Dick Gregory this mornin'
He said I had to take a plane
I was lookin' at Dick Gregory this mornin'
He said I had to take a plane

The newspaper man asked him
"What do you think you gonna prove?"
He said, "I'm gonna lead the peoples"
"Just like James Meredith do"



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Writer(s): J B Lenoir
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