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Thread #164918 Message #3960922
Posted By: Bonnie Shaljean
09-Nov-18 - 12:25 PM
Thread Name: Fruit harvest songs. Please?
Subject: RE: Fruit harvest songs. Please?
There are more verses to Guthrie's Pastures of Plenty:
Pastures of Plenty Woody Guthrie
It's a mighty hard row that my poor hands have hoed My poor feet have traveled a hot dusty road Out of your Dust Bowl and westward we rolled Your deserts were hot and your mountains were cold
I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes I slept on the ground in the light of the moon On the edge of the city you'll see us and then We come with the dust and we go with the wind
California, Arizona, I harvest your crops Then up north to Oregon to gather your hops Dig the beets from the ground Cut the grapes from the vine To set on your table the light sparkling wine
Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground From the Grand Coulee Dam where the waters run down Every state in the Union we migrants have been We come with the dust and we're gone with the wind
It's always we've rambled, that river and I All along your green valley I will work till I die My land I'll defend with my life if it be Cause my pastures of plenty must always be free