State of Arkansas Pete Seeger

My name is Terry Roberts
From Little Rock I come
I went down to the schoolhouse
The place they kept me from

I went down to that schoolhouse
And this is what I saw
State troopers with steel helmets
In the State of Arkansas

I went up to the troopers
And said, "Please let me in"
And all their guns were pointed
At the color of my skin

They kept me from that schoolhouse
Where I'd be by law
And that's what they call justice
In the State of Arkansas

Now his name is Orval Faubus
The governor of the state
He sent his army charging down
Nine kids at the gate

Three hundred National Guard were there
Dressed up to fight a war
And that is why I'm late for school
In the State of Arkansas