Tom Joad, Pt. 1-Woody Guthrie/Cisco Houston

[ti:Tom Joad, Pt. 1] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:American Icon] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tom Joad, Pt. 1 - Woody Guthrie/Cisco Houston [00:24.89]Tom Joad got out of the old McAlester Pen; [00:29.30]There he got his parole [00:32.90]After four long years on a man killing charge [00:36.87]Tom Joad come a-walkin' down the road poor boy [00:40.89]Tom Joad come a-walkin' down the road [00:44.47] [00:45.02]Tom Joad he met a truck driving man; [00:49.44]There he caught him a ride [00:52.76]He said "I just got loose from McAlester Pen [00:56.83]On a charge called homicide [01:00.72]A charge called homicide " [01:04.58]That truck rolled away in a cloud of dust; [01:08.37]Tommy turned his face toward home [01:12.39]He met Preacher Casey and they had a little drink [01:16.27]But they found that his family they was gone [01:19.31] [01:20.08]He found that his family they was gone [01:23.93]He found his mother's old fashion shoe [01:28.19]Found his daddy's hat [01:31.71]And he found little Muley and Muley said [01:35.72]"They've been tractored out by the cats [01:38.73] [01:39.41]They've been tractored out by the cats " [01:42.74] [01:44.27]Tom Joad walked down to the neighbor's farm [01:48.52]Found his family [01:52.07]They took Preacher Casey and loaded in a car [01:56.04]And his mother said "We've got to get away " [01:59.74]His mother said "We've got to get away " [02:03.20] [02:04.51]Now the twelve of the Joads made a mighty heavy load; [02:08.55]But Grandpa Joad did cry [02:12.24]He picked up a handful of land in his hand [02:15.99]Said: "I'm stayin' with the farm till I die [02:19.78]Yes I'm stayin' with the farm till I die " [02:23.34] [02:24.36]They fed him short ribs and coffee and soothing syrup; [02:28.34]And Grandpa Joad did die [02:32.07]They buried Grandpa Joad by the side of the road [02:36.04]Grandma on the California side [02:39.75]They buried Grandma on the California side [02:43.24] [02:44.77]They stood on a mountain and they looked to the west [02:48.60]And it looked like the promised land [02:52.16]That bright green valley with a river running through [02:56.16]There was work for every single hand they thought [03:00.05]There was work for every single hand