Ry Cooder even sang about it....

[Horse with no Name]

SUNDOWN TOWN (the Reverend Tom Toad) Ry Cooder & Joachim Cooder


Mine eyes have seen the beauty of a land bright and fair
My soul looked out and wondered, can we make the journey there
But I've lost my sight and I have to be led
I mean to work for justice 'til I'm dead

Sundown town, sundown town
Don't let 'em catch you, Buddy, when the sun goes down
There won't be no more friends around
Don't let 'em catch you, Buddy, when the sun goes down

I used to preach and I used to pray
Was the prayin'est man that you ever did see
But they ran my people off one day
Now there ain't nobody round that looks like me

We used to sing and we used to shout
Was the shoutinest church that you ever did see
But I ain't going to preach and I ain't going to sing
And I don't feel at home in this town no more

Chorus

If you black, you better get back
If you brown, don't you hang around
If you red, you might be dead
If you ain't white man, you just ain't right

[madrchsod]

1. i've looked everywhere on the google machine and there`s no videos of this song!

i did find this

there`s a play about sundown towns but i can`t find to much about it.

there are excellent photos of the signs on google

thanks for posting because i've never heard of phrase "sundown towns". i guess one really should learn something new everyday.

[Horse with no Name]

2. Here is more information

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3254869