Tom Joad Part I-Woody Guthrie

[ti:Tom Joad Part I] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:Dust Bowl Ballads] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tom Joad Part I - Woody Guthrie [00:25.14]Tom Joad got out of the old McAlester Pen; [00:29.51]There he got his parole [00:31.82] [00:32.88]After four long years on a man killing charge [00:37.13]Tom Joad come a-walkin' down the road poor boy [00:41.07]Tom Joad come a-walkin' down the road [00:44.07]Tom Joad he met a truck driving man; [00:48.82] [00:49.39]There he caught him a ride [00:52.77]He said "I just got loose from McAlester Pen [00:55.54] [00:56.28]On a charge called homicide [01:00.59]A charge called homicide " [01:04.53]That truck rolled away in a cloud of dust; [01:08.78]Tommy turned his face toward home [01:11.53] [01:12.28]He met Preacher Casey and they had a little drink [01:16.03]But they found that his family they was gone [01:19.22] [01:19.97]He found that his family they was gone [01:23.35] [01:23.91]He found his mother's old-fashion shoe [01:28.22]Found his daddy's hat [01:31.03] [01:31.59]And he found little Muley and Muley said [01:35.72]"They've been tractored out by the cats [01:38.22] [01:39.34]They've been tractored out by the cats " [01:42.28] [01:44.10]Tom Joad walked down to the neighbor's farm [01:48.47]Found his family [01:50.40]They took Preacher Casey and loaded in a car [01:55.85]And his mother said "We've got to get away " [01:58.97] [01:59.72]His mother said "We've got to get away " [02:02.97] [02:04.34]Now the twelve of the Joads made a mighty heavy load; [02:08.53]But Grandpa Joad did cry [02:11.60] [02:12.16]He picked up a handful of land in his hand [02:15.31] [02:16.05]Said: "I'm stayin' with the farm till I die [02:18.87] [02:19.80]Yes I'm stayin' with the farm till I die " [02:22.62] [02:24.31]They fed him short ribs and coffee and soothing syrup; [02:28.18]And Grandpa Joad did die [02:31.02] [02:32.15]They buried Grandpa Joad by the side of the road [02:36.71]Grandma on the California side [02:39.02] [02:39.90]They buried Grandma on the California side [02:41.12] [02:44.75]They stood on a mountain and they looked to the west [02:48.48]And it looked like the promised land [02:51.29] [02:52.35]That bright green valley with a river running through [02:56.10]There was work for every single hand they thought [03:00.10]There was work for every single hand