Lyrics State of Arkansas (My Name is Terry Roberts) - 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
Oh
listen,
Mr.
Governor
And
Mr.
President,
too
Give
me
that
constitution
That's
what
you've
got
to
do
Give
me
that
constitution
I
ask
for
nothing
more
Yes,
that′s
what
I
want
to
study
In
the
State
of
Arkansas
I′ve
traveled
this
wide
world
over
Some
ups
and
downs
I've
saw
But
I
never
knew
what
misery
was
Till
I
hit
old
Arkansas
1 Pretty Boy Floyd
2 Banks of Marble
3 TVA Song
4 Martian Love Song
5 42 Kids
6 State of Arkansas (My Name is Terry Roberts)
7 Declaration of Independence
8 The Wild West Is Where I Want to Be
9 The Ballad of Sherman Wu
10 Roll On Columbia
11 The Sinking of the Reuben James
12 Then We'll Have Peace
13 The Scaler
14 Newspapermen
15 Talking Atom (Old Man Atom)
16 Teacher's Blues
17 The Demi Song
18 The Battle of Maxton Field
19 Doctor Freud
20 There is Mean Things Happening in This Land
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