Oxford town, Oxford town   Everybody's got their heads bowed down   Sun don't shine above the ground   Ain't a-goin' down to Oxford town      He went down to Oxford town   Guns and clubs followed him down   Just because his face was brown   Better get away from Oxford town      Oxford town around the bend   He went to the door, he couldn't get in   All because of the colour of his skin   What do you think about that my friend?      Me, my gal and my gal's son   We got met with a tear gas bomb   Don't even know why we come   We're goin' back where we come from      Oxford town in the afternoon   Everybody's singin' a sorrowful tune   Two men died 'neath the Mississippi moon   Somebody better investigate soon      Oxford town, Oxford town   Everybody's got their heads bowed down   Sun don't shine above the ground   Ain't a-goin' down to Oxford town