Ox -ford -Town -Ox ford Town
Ev'ry -body's -got their heads bowed -down
(The)sun -don't -shine -a bove the -ground
Ain't a goin' -down -to Ox ford -Town
-------Ox -ford Town in+the af ter noon
-Ev' ry bo dy's sin gin' (a)sor row ful tune
Two men died neath Missi ssip pi moon
Some bo dy better in vesti gate soon
He -went -down to+Ox ford Town
Guns -and -clubs fol lowed him -down
All -be -cause -his face was -brown
Bet ter get a way -from Ox ford -Town
Ox -ford -town (a)round the bend
(He)comes -(in)to the door -and couldn't get -in
All -be -cause -the colour of his skin
What d'you -think+a bout that my friend?
Me and my -gal -my gal's son
We -got -met with a tear gas -bomb
(I)don't even know why we -come
Go in' back -of we come -from
