Tom Joad, Pt. 1-Woody Guthrie

[ti:Tom Joad, Pt. 1] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:The Great Dust Bowl] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tom Joad, Pt. 1 - Woody Guthrie [00:24.51]Tom Joad got out of the old McAlester Pen; [00:28.21] [00:29.19]There he got his parole [00:31.87] [00:32.71]After four long years on a man killing charge [00:36.89]Tom Joad come a-walkin' down the road poor boy [00:40.83]Tom Joad come a-walkin' down the road [00:43.73] [00:44.99]Tom Joad he met a truck driving man; [00:48.51] [00:49.46]There he caught him a ride [00:51.89] [00:52.72]He said "I just got loose from McAlester Pen [00:56.65]On a charge called homicide [00:59.83] [01:00.64]A charge called homicide " [01:03.71] [01:04.55]That truck rolled away in a cloud of dust; [01:08.02] [01:08.88]Tommy turned his face toward home [01:11.31] [01:12.41]He met Preacher Casey and they had a little drink [01:16.09]But they found that his family they was gone [01:19.45] [01:20.22]He found that his family they was gone [01:22.90] [01:24.04]He found his mother's old fashion shoe [01:27.86] [01:28.46]Found his daddy's hat [01:30.77] [01:31.92]And he found little Muley and Muley said [01:35.59]"They've been tractored out by the cats [01:38.48] [01:39.85]They've been tractored out by the cats " [01:42.51] [01:44.64]Tom Joad walked down to the neighbor's farm [01:48.18] [01:48.98]Found his family [01:51.32] [01:52.39]They took Preacher Casey and loaded in a car [01:56.11]And his mother said "We've got to get away " [01:59.46] [02:00.15]His mother said "We've got to get away " [02:02.74] [02:04.97]Now the twelve of the Joads made a mighty heavy load; [02:08.96]But Grandpa Joad did cry [02:11.84] [02:12.50]He picked up a handful of land in his hand [02:16.42]Said: "I'm stayin' with the farm till I die [02:19.53] [02:20.50]Yes I'm stayin' with the farm till I die " [02:23.02] [02:25.04]They fed him short ribs and coffee and soothing syrup; [02:29.12]And Grandpa Joad did die [02:32.09] [02:32.85]They buried Grandpa Joad by the side of the road [02:37.17]Grandma on the California side [02:39.42] [02:40.51]They buried Grandma on the California side [02:43.54] [02:45.47]They stood on a mountain and they looked to the west [02:48.98]And it looked like the promised land [02:51.73] [02:53.07]That bright green valley with a river running through [02:56.72]There was work for every single hand they thought [03:00.53]There was work for every single hand