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Thread #24877 Message #287662
Posted By: Joe Offer
30-Aug-00 - 02:01 AM
Thread Name: Meaning/Last verse, Do Re Mi
Subject: Lyr Add: DO RE MI (Woody Guthrie)
I think I'll submit this to the Digital Tradition as a correction, since the lyrics in the database seem to be missing a few words (most notably, Oklahoma). Any other corrections or additions? Tune?
-Joe Offer-
DO RE MI
(Woody Guthrie)
Lots of folks back East they say, is leaving home every day
And beating the hot old dusty way to the California line
'Cross the desert sands they roll, getting out of the old dust bowl
They think they're going to a sugar bowl, but here's what they find
The police at the port of entry say,
"you're number fifteen thousand for today" [CHORUS]
Oh, if you ain't got the do re mi, friend, you ain't got the do re mi
You better get back to beautiful Texas,
Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee
California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot
If you ain't got the do re mi
You want to buy a house or a farm, that can't do nobody harm
Or take your vacation by the mountains or sea
Don't swap your old cow for a car, you better stay right where you are
You'd better take this little tip from me:
'Cause I look through the want ads every day
But the headlines in the paper always say:
[CHORUS]
(alternate ending for the second verse)
Cause Governor Merriam on the radio one day,
He jumped up to the microphone and he did say:
[CHORUS]
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