Reedin & Ridin
By Earl “Lightning” Perkins
Lightning premiered Reedin & Riding in 1954 at a rally in Minneapolis celebrating the Supreme Court decision in the landmark Brown v. Board of Education case.
I got me a book,
The pictures so blue.
I took me a look,
Its got letters too.
Chorus
Oh, I’m a man,
I ain’t got no schoolin.
Oh, I’m a man,
And I ain’t foolin.
Got me
Some reedin & ridin blues.
Little girl so damn smart,
She got to know.
We’s doin our part,
So her learnin ain’t slow.
Oh, I’m a man,
I ain’t got no schoolin.
Oh, I’m a man,
And I ain’t foolin.
Got me
Some reedin & ridin blues.
Black or white,
Don’t matter to me.
Be it day or night,
Learnin got to be free.
Oh, I’m a man,
I ain’t got no schoolin.
Oh, I’m a man,
And I ain’t foolin.
Got me
Some reedin & ridin blues.
Got me
Some reeding & ridin blues.
