Tom Joad (Part 1)-Woody Guthrie/Cisco Houston

[ti:Tom Joad] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:100 Original Recordings] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tom Joad (Part 1) - Woody Guthrie/Cisco Houston [00:24.90]Tom Joad got out of the old McAlester Pen [00:29.30]There he got his parole [00:32.86]After four long years on a man killing charge [00:37.04]Tom Joad come a-walkin' down the road poor boy [00:40.96]Tom Joad come a-walkin' down the road [00:43.95] [00:45.10]Tom Joad he met a truck driving man [00:49.50]There he caught him a ride [00:52.16] [00:52.67]He said I just got loose from McAlester Pen [00:56.69]On a charge called homicide [00:59.34] [01:00.88]A charge called homicide [01:03.67] [01:04.55]That truck rolled away in a cloud of dust [01:08.89]Tommy turned his face toward home [01:11.82] [01:12.34]He met Preacher Casey [01:13.99]And they had a little drink [01:16.06]But they found that his family they was gone [01:19.04] [01:20.11]He found that his family they was gone [01:22.96] [01:23.92]He found his mother's old fashion shoe [01:28.23]Found his daddy's hat [01:31.12] [01:31.66]And he found little Muley and Muley said [01:35.59]They've been tractored out by the cats [01:38.35] [01:39.40]They've been tractored out by the cats [01:42.34] [01:44.18]Tom Joad walked down to the neighbor's farm [01:48.59]Found his family [01:51.99]They took Preacher Casey and loaded in a car [01:55.77]And his mother said We've got to get away [01:59.65]His mother said We've got to get away [02:03.42] [02:04.45]Now the twelve of the Joads made [02:06.48]A mighty heavy load [02:08.43]But Grandpa Joad did cry [02:12.16]He picked up a handful of land in his hand [02:15.88]Said I'm stayin' with the farm till I die [02:19.75]Yes I'm stayin' with the farm till I die [02:23.22] [02:24.28]They fed him short ribs and coffee [02:26.34]And soothing syrup [02:28.68]And Grandpa Joad did die [02:32.09]They buried Grandpa Joad by the side of the road [02:36.02] [02:36.55]Grandma on the California side [02:38.99] [02:39.66]They buried Grandma on the California side [02:42.94] [02:44.76]They stood on a mountain and they looked to the west [02:48.45]And it looked like the promised land [02:51.65] [02:52.40]That bright green valley with a river running through [02:56.18]There was work for every single hand they thought [02:59.86]There was work for every single hand