Both Sides of the Tracks (Bussing God's Children)
Unite - U.S. 195 · Grand Praire, Texas
- Artist
- Bill Gold
- Title
- Both Sides of the Tracks (Bussing God's Children)
- Release
- Both Sides of the Tracks (Bussing God's Children) / A Hundred Million Tears
- Label
- Unite - U.S. # 195
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Grand Praire, Texas, USA
- Songwriter
- Bill Gold
- Genre
- Country · Country
- Primary theme
- Peace, Protest & Anti-War
Annotation
Both Sides of the Tracks (Bussing God's Children) Country, Civil Rights, anti-bussing. Also reference to father being a prisoner of war (P.O.W.) in North Vietnam. Released in Grand Prairie, Texas, USA "Just a few months ago they buried my mum / And my daddy is a prisoner in North Vietnam / I've a brother of 7, and a sister just 3 / And I'm left to lead them in a land they call free / But they're bussing the white kids, and they're bussing the blacks / They're bussing your children from both sides of the tracks / From both sides of the tracks / Yes lord, both sides of the tracks / They're bussing your children from both sides of the tracks / Now it makes us no different who goes to what school / Cause what makes us equal is your golden rule...." "A Hundred Million Tears" - JFK reference "Way down in Dallas Texas / Where Kennedy was shot / They got some cold grey prison walls but his killer they have not / Instead they got my Georgie / The girl I want to marry / My every dream and all my love are just for her to carry / She shot a man and she killed him dead / Because he did neglect her / He beat her up and he let her down / And then he did reject her / So I picked her up and gave…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Civil Rights Songs
- Both Sides of the Tracks (Bussing God's Children) - Country, Civil Rights, anti-bussing. - Also reference to father being a prisoner of war (P.O.W.) in North Vietnam. - Released in Grand Prairie, Texas, USA "Just a few months ago they buried my mum / And my daddy is a prisoner in North Vietnam / I've a brother of 7, and a sister just 3 / And I'm left to lead them in a land they call free / But they're bussing the white kids, and they're bussing the blacks / They're bussing your children from both sides of the tracks / From both sides of the tracks / Yes lord, both sides of the tracks / They're bussing your children from both sides of the tracks / Now it makes us no different who goes to what school / Cause what makes us equal is your golden rule...." "A Hundred Million Tears" - JFK reference "Way down in Dallas Texas / Where Kennedy was shot / They got some cold grey prison walls but his killer they have not / Instead they got my Georgie / The girl I want to marry / My every dream and all my love are just for her to carry / She shot a man and she killed him dead / Because he did neglect her / He beat her up and he let her down / And then he did reject her / So I picked her up…
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - wrote and recorded 'Both Sides Of The Tracks (Bussing God's Children)' b/w 'A Hundred Million Tears' (Unite 195, US country 45); no biography found. [Source: Discogs]
Themes
P.O.W. · Peace · Busing · Civil Rights
In collections
Civil Rights Songs · P.O.W. / M.I.A. Songs · Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs