The Montgomery Bus Boycott, a seminal event in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. The campaign lasted from December 1, 1955—when Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person—to December 20, 1956, when a federal ruling, Browder v. Gayle, took effect, and led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitutional. Many important figures in the Civil Rights Movement took part in the boycott, including Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph Abernathy.
"If You Miss Me at The Back of the Bus" was a song written by Carver Neblett and recorded by Peter Seeger on his album For Kids and Just Plain Folks in 1963. The song was written in response to attempts to desegregate a public swimming pool in Cairo, Illinois, after a young African-American man drowned while swimming in a local river due to the pool not allowing any African-Americans to use it. The song depicts the attitude of the African American community towards civil rights during the 1960s. In his book with Bob Reiser, Everybody Says Freedom, Seeger commented that people would improvise new lyrics to the song to reflect on various situations. The song's popularity grew after it began to be used as one of the anthems for the civil rights movement.
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If You Miss Me At the Back of the Bus · Pete Seeger
For Kids And Just Plain Folks
℗ Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1998-02-24
Composer, Lyricist: Carol Neblett
Producer: Nedra Olds-Neal
Producer: Janet Stampler
Composer, Lyricist: Music: Traditional
Mastering Engineer: Vic Anesini
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published: 06 Nov 2014
If You Miss Me From The Back Of The Bus ((Remasterizado))
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If You Miss Me From The Back Of The Bus ((Remasterizado)) · Mocedades
Eres Tu
℗ 1973 BMG Music Spain, S.A.
Released on: 2003-07-01
Composer, Lyricist: Traditional
Adapter, Arranger, Producer: Juan Carlos Calderón
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published: 24 Sep 2015
If You Miss Me At The Back Of The Bus (Acoustic) (Live)
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If You Miss Me At The Back Of The Bus (Acoustic) (Live) · Thea Gilmore
Recorded Delivery
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Composer: Charles Neblett
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published: 19 Jan 2023
Mocedades - If you Miss me from the Back of the Bus (1974)
Mocedades - If you Miss me from the Back of the Bus (1974)
Recital Universidad Deusto Bilbao (1974)
If you miss me from the back of the bus
and you can't find me nowhere
come on up to the front of the bus
I'll be driving up there.
If you miss me from Jackson State
and you can't find me nowhere
come on over to "ole Miss"
I'll be studying over there.
If you miss me from knocking on doors
and you can't find me nowhere
come on down to the registrar's room
I'll be the registrar there.
If you miss me from the cotton fields
and you can't find me nowhere
come on down to the courthouse
I'll be voting right there.
If you miss me from the picket line
and you can't find me nowhere
come on down to the jailhouse
I'll be rooming down there.
If you miss me from the Mississippi River
and you can...
published: 01 Aug 2018
If You Miss Me from the Back of the Bus (SNCC Freedom Singer
From a performance on 10 Nov 2007 at Woodson Regional Library, Chicago, IL
Presented by Chicago Area Friends of SNCC and the SNCC History Project
published: 19 Jan 2008
Mocedades - If you Miss me from the Back of the Bus
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If You Miss Me At the Back of the Bus · Pete Seeger
For Kids And Just Plain Folks
℗ Originally released 1967. All rights r...
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If You Miss Me At the Back of the Bus · Pete Seeger
For Kids And Just Plain Folks
℗ Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1998-02-24
Composer, Lyricist: Carol Neblett
Producer: Nedra Olds-Neal
Producer: Janet Stampler
Composer, Lyricist: Music: Traditional
Mastering Engineer: Vic Anesini
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If You Miss Me At the Back of the Bus · Pete Seeger
For Kids And Just Plain Folks
℗ Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1998-02-24
Composer, Lyricist: Carol Neblett
Producer: Nedra Olds-Neal
Producer: Janet Stampler
Composer, Lyricist: Music: Traditional
Mastering Engineer: Vic Anesini
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If You Miss Me From The Back Of The Bus ((Remasterizado)) · Mocedades
Eres Tu
℗ 1973 BMG Music Spain, S.A.
Released on: 2003...
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If You Miss Me From The Back Of The Bus ((Remasterizado)) · Mocedades
Eres Tu
℗ 1973 BMG Music Spain, S.A.
Released on: 2003-07-01
Composer, Lyricist: Traditional
Adapter, Arranger, Producer: Juan Carlos Calderón
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If You Miss Me From The Back Of The Bus ((Remasterizado)) · Mocedades
Eres Tu
℗ 1973 BMG Music Spain, S.A.
Released on: 2003-07-01
Composer, Lyricist: Traditional
Adapter, Arranger, Producer: Juan Carlos Calderón
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If You Miss Me At The Back Of The Bus (Acoustic) (Live) · Thea Gilmore
Recorded Delivery
℗ 2009 Cherry Red Records ...
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If You Miss Me At The Back Of The Bus (Acoustic) (Live) · Thea Gilmore
Recorded Delivery
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Composer: Charles Neblett
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If You Miss Me At The Back Of The Bus (Acoustic) (Live) · Thea Gilmore
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Composer: Charles Neblett
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Mocedades - If you Miss me from the Back of the Bus (1974)
Recital Universidad Deusto Bilbao (1974)
If you miss me from the back of the bus
and you can't find ...
Mocedades - If you Miss me from the Back of the Bus (1974)
Recital Universidad Deusto Bilbao (1974)
If you miss me from the back of the bus
and you can't find me nowhere
come on up to the front of the bus
I'll be driving up there.
If you miss me from Jackson State
and you can't find me nowhere
come on over to "ole Miss"
I'll be studying over there.
If you miss me from knocking on doors
and you can't find me nowhere
come on down to the registrar's room
I'll be the registrar there.
If you miss me from the cotton fields
and you can't find me nowhere
come on down to the courthouse
I'll be voting right there.
If you miss me from the picket line
and you can't find me nowhere
come on down to the jailhouse
I'll be rooming down there.
If you miss me from the Mississippi River
and you can't find me nowhere
come on down the the city pool
I'll be swimming in there.
Mocedades - If you Miss me from the Back of the Bus (1974)
Recital Universidad Deusto Bilbao (1974)
If you miss me from the back of the bus
and you can't find me nowhere
come on up to the front of the bus
I'll be driving up there.
If you miss me from Jackson State
and you can't find me nowhere
come on over to "ole Miss"
I'll be studying over there.
If you miss me from knocking on doors
and you can't find me nowhere
come on down to the registrar's room
I'll be the registrar there.
If you miss me from the cotton fields
and you can't find me nowhere
come on down to the courthouse
I'll be voting right there.
If you miss me from the picket line
and you can't find me nowhere
come on down to the jailhouse
I'll be rooming down there.
If you miss me from the Mississippi River
and you can't find me nowhere
come on down the the city pool
I'll be swimming in there.
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If You Miss Me At the Back of the Bus · Pete Seeger
For Kids And Just Plain Folks
℗ Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Released on: 1998-02-24
Composer, Lyricist: Carol Neblett
Producer: Nedra Olds-Neal
Producer: Janet Stampler
Composer, Lyricist: Music: Traditional
Mastering Engineer: Vic Anesini
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If You Miss Me From The Back Of The Bus ((Remasterizado)) · Mocedades
Eres Tu
℗ 1973 BMG Music Spain, S.A.
Released on: 2003-07-01
Composer, Lyricist: Traditional
Adapter, Arranger, Producer: Juan Carlos Calderón
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If You Miss Me At The Back Of The Bus (Acoustic) (Live) · Thea Gilmore
Recorded Delivery
℗ 2009 Cherry Red Records Ltd Cherry Red Records Ltd
Composer: Charles Neblett
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Mocedades - If you Miss me from the Back of the Bus (1974)
Recital Universidad Deusto Bilbao (1974)
If you miss me from the back of the bus
and you can't find me nowhere
come on up to the front of the bus
I'll be driving up there.
If you miss me from Jackson State
and you can't find me nowhere
come on over to "ole Miss"
I'll be studying over there.
If you miss me from knocking on doors
and you can't find me nowhere
come on down to the registrar's room
I'll be the registrar there.
If you miss me from the cotton fields
and you can't find me nowhere
come on down to the courthouse
I'll be voting right there.
If you miss me from the picket line
and you can't find me nowhere
come on down to the jailhouse
I'll be rooming down there.
If you miss me from the Mississippi River
and you can't find me nowhere
come on down the the city pool
I'll be swimming in there.
The Montgomery Bus Boycott, a seminal event in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. The campaign lasted from December 1, 1955—when Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was arrested for refusing to surrender her seat to a white person—to December 20, 1956, when a federal ruling, Browder v. Gayle, took effect, and led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses to be unconstitutional. Many important figures in the Civil Rights Movement took part in the boycott, including Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. and Ralph Abernathy.
If you miss me at the back of the bus, and you can't find me nowhere Come on up to the front of the bus, I'll be ridin' right there I'll be ridin' right there I'll be ridin' right there You got to come on up to the front of the bus I'll be ridin' right there If you miss me at the cotton fields, and you can't find me nowhere Come on down, to the jailhouse, I'll be roomin' over there I'll be roomin' over there I'll be roomin' over there Come on down to the jailhouse I'll be roomin' over there If you miss me in the Mississippi River, and you can't find me nowhere Come on over to the city' pool, I'll be bathin' over there I'll be bathin' over there I'll be bathin' over there Come on over to the city' pool I'll be bathin' over there If you miss me at the picket lines, and you can't find me nowhere Come on down to the court house, I'll be votin' right there I'll be votin' right there I'll be votin' right there Come on down to the courthouse I'll be votin' right there If you miss me at the back of the bus, and you can't find me nowhere Come on up to the front of the bus, I'll be ridin' right there I'll be ridin' right there I'll be ridin' right there You got to come on up to the front of the bus