Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done-Woody Guthrie

[ti:Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:Backup the Best of Woody Guthrie] [by:] [offset:0] [00:01.84]I'm just a lonesome traveler [00:03.66] [00:04.23]The Great Historical Bum [00:05.42] [00:06.04]Highly educated from history I have come [00:09.27]I built the Rock of Ages 'twas in the Year of One [00:12.21] [00:12.82]And that was about the biggest thing [00:14.51]That man had ever done [00:15.60] [00:16.20]I worked in the Garden of Eden [00:18.03]That was the year of two [00:19.47]Joined the apple pickers union [00:21.14]I always paid my due; [00:23.02]I'm the man that signed the [00:24.41]Contract to raise the rising sun [00:25.96] [00:26.64]And that was about the biggest thing [00:28.72]That man had ever done [00:30.03]I was straw boss on the Pyramids [00:31.84]The Tower of Babel too; [00:33.09] [00:33.81]I opened up the ocean [00:35.09]Let the migrant children through [00:36.44] [00:36.96]I fought a million battles [00:38.57]And I never lost a one [00:39.84] [00:40.42]And that was about the biggest thing [00:42.22]That man had ever done [00:43.35] [00:44.87]I beat the daring Roman [00:46.54]I beat the daring Turk [00:47.63] [00:48.21]Defeated Nero's army with thirty minutes work [00:50.68] [00:51.42]I fought the greatest leaders [00:52.77] [00:53.36]And I licked them everyone [00:54.53] [00:55.05]And that was about the biggest thing [00:56.85]That man had ever done [00:58.27] [01:00.17]I was in the Revolution when we set the country free; [01:03.04] [01:03.81]Me and a couple of Indians [01:05.53]That dumped the Boston tea; [01:06.72] [01:07.26]We won the battle at Valley Forge [01:09.13]The battle of Bully Run; [01:10.74]And that was about the biggest thing [01:12.67]That man has ever done [01:13.81] [01:15.03]There was a man across the ocean [01:16.86]I guess you knew him well [01:18.65]His name was Adolf Hitler [01:20.14]Goddam his soul to hell; [01:21.37] [01:21.95]We kicked him in the panzers [01:23.66]And put him on the run [01:25.39]And that was about the biggest thing [01:27.28]That man has ever done [01:28.42] [01:29.92]I built mines and mills [01:31.49]And factories to run for Uncle Sam; [01:33.44]I turned th' ploughs and wheels to feed [01:35.24]My soldiers in your lands; [01:36.91]This Nazi job's a tough 'un [01:38.68]It'll take us everyone [01:39.75] [01:40.42]'Cause this is about the biggest thing [01:41.96]That man has ever done [01:43.27] [01:44.81]There's warehouse guys and teamsters [01:46.42]And guys that skin the cats [01:47.76] [01:48.42]Guys that run my steel mill [01:50.06]My furnace and my blast [01:51.25] [01:51.82]We'll stop the Axis rattlesnakes [01:53.55]And thieves of old Nippon [01:54.78] [01:55.34]And that will be the biggest thing [01:57.11]That man has ever done [01:58.26] [01:59.61]I'd better quit my talking [02:01.14]'Cause I told you all I know [02:02.71] [02:03.27]But please remember pardner [02:04.91]Wherever you may go [02:06.05] [02:06.75]The people are building a peaceful world [02:08.52]And when the job is done [02:09.88] [02:10.39]That'll be the biggest thing [02:11.87]That man has ever done [02:13.47]Yes that'll be the biggest thing [02:15.35]That man has ever done [02:16.55]Biggest Thing Man Has Ever Done - Woody Guthrie