Tom Joad- Part 1

[ti:Tom Joad- Part 1] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:49 Greatest Folk Songs Vol. 3] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.35]Tom Joad- Part 1 - Woody Guthrie [00:01.50] [00:24.59]Tom Joad got out of [00:26.70]The old McAlester Pen [00:29.25]There he got his parole [00:32.74]After four long years [00:34.74]On a man killing charge [00:36.86]Tom Joad come a walking down [00:38.94]The road poor boy [00:40.80]Tom Joad come a walking down the road [00:43.77] [00:44.82]Tom Joad he met [00:46.82]A truck driving man [00:48.76] [00:49.38]There he caught him a ride [00:52.77]He said: "I just got loose from [00:55.05]McAlester's Pen On a charge [00:57.62]Called Homicide A charge called [01:01.95]Homicide " [01:04.50]That truck rolled away in a cloud of dust [01:08.40]Tommy turned his face toward home [01:12.40]He met Preacher Casey [01:14.28]And they had a little drink [01:16.25]But they found that his family they was gone [01:20.18]He found that his family they was gone [01:24.13]He found his mother's old fashion shoe [01:28.27]Found his daddy's hat [01:31.89]And he found little Muley and Muley said: [01:35.86]"They've been tractored out by the cats [01:39.54]They've been tractored out by the cats " [01:44.75]Tom Joad walked down to the neighbors farm [01:48.92]Found his family [01:52.41]They took Preacher Casey and loaded in a car [01:56.27]And his mother said "We got to git away " [02:00.13]His mother said 'We got to get away " [02:05.02]Now the twelve of the Joads [02:06.86]Made a mighty heavy load [02:08.76]But Grandpa Joad did cry [02:12.72]He picked up a handful [02:14.70]Of land in his hand [02:16.49]Said "I'm stayin' with the farm till I die [02:20.33]Yes I'm stayin' with my farm till I die " [02:25.09]They fed him short ribs and [02:26.70]Coffee and soothing syrup [02:29.38]And Grandpa Joad did die [02:32.86]They buried Grandpa Joad [02:34.87]By the side of the road [02:36.88]Buried Grandma on the California side [02:40.49]They buried Grandma on the California side [02:45.43]They stood on a Mountain [02:47.42]And they looked to the West And it [02:49.54]Looked like the promised land [02:53.07]That bright green valley with a [02:55.26]River running through [02:57.03]There was work for every single hand they [03:00.08]Thought There was work for every single hand