O Bill Moore walked that lonesome highway,
He dared to walk there by himself;
None of us here were walking with him,
He walked that highway by himself.
Yes, he walked to Alabama
He walked that road for you and me,
In his life there was the purpose
That black & white might both be free.
He walked for peace, he walked for freedom,
He walked for truth, he walked for right
End segregation in this country
Eat at Joe‘s both black & white.
O Bill Moore walked that lonesome highway,
He dared to walk there by himself;
None of us here were walking with him,
He walked that highway by himself.
The lynchers' bullets know no color
As they come whining thru the night,
They'vebrought death to many a Negro
And William Moore whose skin was white.
They shot him down in coldblood murder
Two bullet holes were in his head,
His body lay upon the road-way
Where lynchers left him cold & dead.
O Bill Moore walked that lonesome highway,
He dared to walk there by himself;
None of us here were walking with him,
He walked that highway by himself.
Each man must walk his lonesome highway
Each must decide it for himself,
No one else can do that for you
You've got to walk there by yourself
Some day we'll all walk there together
And we'll knock on Freedom's door
And if they ask, who was it sent you,
We'll say a man named William Moore.
He walked for peace, he walked for freedom
He walked for truth, he walked for right
End segregation in this country
Eat at Joe‘s, both black & White
He dared to walk there by himself;
None of us here were walking with him,
He walked that highway by himself.
Yes, he walked to Alabama
He walked that road for you and me,
In his life there was the purpose
That black & white might both be free.
He walked for peace, he walked for freedom,
He walked for truth, he walked for right
End segregation in this country
Eat at Joe‘s both black & white.
O Bill Moore walked that lonesome highway,
He dared to walk there by himself;
None of us here were walking with him,
He walked that highway by himself.
The lynchers' bullets know no color
As they come whining thru the night,
They'vebrought death to many a Negro
And William Moore whose skin was white.
They shot him down in coldblood murder
Two bullet holes were in his head,
His body lay upon the road-way
Where lynchers left him cold & dead.
O Bill Moore walked that lonesome highway,
He dared to walk there by himself;
None of us here were walking with him,
He walked that highway by himself.
Each man must walk his lonesome highway
Each must decide it for himself,
No one else can do that for you
You've got to walk there by yourself
Some day we'll all walk there together
And we'll knock on Freedom's door
And if they ask, who was it sent you,
We'll say a man named William Moore.
He walked for peace, he walked for freedom
He walked for truth, he walked for right
End segregation in this country
Eat at Joe‘s, both black & White
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