Dusty Old Dust (So Long, It's Been Good To Know You)-Woody Guthrie

[ti:Dusty Old Dust (So Long, It's Been Good To Know You)] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:Greatest Folk Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Dusty Old Dust (So Long, It's Been Good To Know You) - Woody Guthrie [00:11.97]I've sung this song [00:13.88]But I'll sing it again [00:15.59]Of the place [00:16.39]That I lived on the wild windy plains [00:18.97]In the month called April [00:20.81] [00:21.32]County called Gray [00:22.70]And here's what all of the people there say: [00:26.50]So long it's been good to know yuh [00:29.92]So long it's been good to know yuh [00:33.49]So long it's been good to know yuh [00:36.51]This dusty old dust is a getting my home [00:39.69]And I got to be drifting along [00:42.41] [00:44.07]A dust storm hit [00:45.69]And it hit like thunder; [00:47.52]It dusted us over [00:49.06]And it covered us under; [00:51.03]Blocked out the traffic [00:52.63]And blocked out the sun [00:54.68]Straight for home all the people did run [00:57.43]Singing: [00:57.86]So long it's been good to know yuh [01:01.20]So long it's been good to know yuh [01:04.35]So long it's been good to know yuh [01:07.45]This dusty old dust is a getting my home [01:11.46]And I got to be drifting along [01:14.21] [01:15.64]We talked of the end of the world and then [01:19.10]We'd sing a song [01:20.75]And then sing it again [01:22.39]We'd sit for an hour [01:24.02]And not say a word [01:25.68]And then these words [01:27.26]Would be heard: [01:28.14] [01:29.28]So long it's been good to know yuh [01:32.55]So long it's been good to know yuh [01:35.90]So long it's been good to know yuh [01:38.80]This dusty old dust is a getting my home [01:41.96]And I got to be drifting along [01:44.29] [01:47.24]Sweet hearts sat in the dark and sparked [01:50.25]They hugged and kissed in that dusty old dark [01:53.54]They sighed and cried [01:55.34]Hugged and kissed [01:56.76]Instead of marriage [01:58.54]They talked like this: "Honey" [02:00.30]So long it's been good to know yuh [02:03.80]So long it's been good to know yuh [02:06.80]So long it's been good to know yuh [02:09.97]This dusty old dust is a getting my home [02:13.16]And I got to be drifting along [02:15.49] [02:16.39]Now the telephone rang [02:17.82]And it jumped off the wall [02:20.06]That was the preacher [02:21.24]A making his call [02:22.95]He said "Kind friend this may the end; [02:26.12]And you got your last chance of salvation of sin " [02:29.41] [02:31.34]The churches was jammed [02:32.77]And the churches was packed [02:34.42]And that dusty old dust storm [02:36.35]Blowed so black [02:38.09]Preacher could not read a word of his text [02:40.89]And he folded his specs [02:42.67]And he took up collection [02:44.18]Said: [02:44.53]So long it's been good to know yuh [02:47.65]So long it's been good to know yuh [02:50.97]So long it's been good to know yuh [02:53.91]This dusty old dust is a getting my home [02:57.70] [02:59.17]And I got to be drifting along