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Thread #116947   Message #2516546
Posted By: GUEST
16-Dec-08 - 02:32 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req/Add: Harvest Gypsies (Boo Hewerdine)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Harvest Gypsies (Boo Hewerdine)
MoorleyMan

These words really take me back to growing up in Idaho where migrant workers were used and many times abused by the locals, but were so important to getting the crops out. In most cases, they were just overlooked by us all and were invisible in some sense.

The humanity was not seen. The loneliness of being in a different country, underpaid, and definitely not appreciated by most. It shames me to some degree realizing the neglect from me and from family and neighbors.

Thanks for providing this...
astro (from Idaho), but for many years a transplant in California (where the same conditions exist)...