The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done-Woody Guthrie/Cisco Houston

[ti:The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:The Essential Collection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done - Woody Guthrie/Cisco Houston [00:01.83]I'm just a lonesome traveler [00:03.81]The great historical bum [00:05.27] [00:06.01]Highly educated from history I have come [00:08.71] [00:09.34]I built the rock of ages [00:10.82]Twas in the year of one [00:12.10] [00:12.74]And that was about the biggest thing [00:14.48]That man had ever done [00:15.55] [00:16.32]I worked in the garden of eden [00:17.37] [00:17.94]That was the year of two [00:19.47]Joined the apple pickers union [00:20.64] [00:21.33]I always paid my due [00:22.54] [00:23.12]I'm the man that signed the contract [00:24.70]To raise the rising sun [00:26.01] [00:26.61]And that was about the biggest thing [00:28.37]That man had ever done [00:29.92]I was straw boss on the pyramids [00:31.76]The tower of babel too [00:33.02] [00:33.68]Opened up the ocean let [00:35.13]The migrant children through [00:36.44] [00:37.06]I fought a million battles and I never lost a one [00:39.84] [00:40.56]And that was about the biggest thing [00:42.19]That man had ever done [00:43.30] [00:44.90]I beat the daring roman [00:45.90] [00:46.44]I beat the daring turk [00:47.64] [00:48.29]Defeated nero's army with thirty minutes work [00:50.97] [00:51.69]I fought the greatest leaders [00:53.40]And I licked them everyone [00:54.39] [00:55.11]And that was about the biggest thing [00:56.87]That man had ever done [00:58.04] [01:00.20]I was in the revolution [01:01.84]When we set the country free [01:03.29] [01:03.81]And me and a couple of indians [01:05.36]That dumped the boston tea [01:06.70] [01:07.31]We won the battle at valley forge [01:09.05]The battle of bully run [01:10.15] [01:10.69]And that was about the biggest thing [01:12.42]That man has ever done [01:13.59] [01:15.04]There was a man across the ocean [01:16.79]I guess you knew him well [01:18.12] [01:18.66]His name was adolf hitler [01:20.40]Goddam his soul to hell [01:21.52] [01:22.15]We kicked him in the panzers [01:23.68]And put him on the run [01:25.11] [01:25.62]And that been the biggest thing [01:27.25]That man has ever done [01:28.44] [01:29.93]And mines and mills and factories [01:31.56]To run for uncle sam [01:33.19]For do send ploughs so jule boy [01:35.11]To feed soldiers in your lands [01:36.83]On job's a tough un [01:38.48]It'll take us everyone [01:39.60] [01:40.33]Cause this is about the biggest thing [01:42.06]That man has ever done [01:43.29] [01:44.84]There's warehouse guys and teamsters [01:46.55]And guys that sking the cats [01:47.70] [01:48.49]Guys that run my steel mill [01:50.02]My furnace and my blast [01:51.24] [01:51.93]We'll stop the axis rattlesnakes [01:53.59]And thieves of old nippon [01:54.74] [01:55.38]And that will be the biggest thing [01:57.12]That man has ever done [01:58.28] [01:59.66]I'd better quit my talking [02:01.19]Cause I told you all I know [02:02.80] [02:03.50]Please remember pardner [02:04.88]Wherever you may go [02:06.75]That was thinking havly great [02:08.42]And when the job is done [02:09.68] [02:10.45]That'll be the biggest thing man has ever done [02:13.46]Yeah [02:13.91]That'll be the biggest thing man has ever done