Tom Joad (Part 1)-Woody Guthrie

[ti:Tom Joad (Part 1)] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:Greatest Folk Songs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tom Joad (Part 1) - Woody Guthrie [00:24.21]Tom Joad got out of the old McAlester Pen [00:28.38] [00:29.04]There he got his parole [00:31.90] [00:32.51]After four long years on a man killing charge [00:36.72]Tom Joad come a walking down the road [00:39.58]Poor boy [00:40.60]Tom Joad come a walking down the road [00:43.51] [00:44.56]Tom Joad he met a truck driving man [00:48.41] [00:49.05]There he caught him a ride [00:51.84] [00:52.42]He said: "I just got loose from [00:54.84]McAlester's Pen On a charge called Homicide [00:59.25] [01:00.15]A charge called Homicide " [01:03.19] [01:04.05]That truck rolled away [01:05.99]In a cloud of dust [01:08.00] [01:08.53]Tommy turned his face toward home [01:11.00] [01:11.90]He met Preacher Casey [01:13.83]And they had a little drink [01:15.79]But they found [01:16.76]That his family they was gone [01:18.67] [01:19.63]He found that his family [01:21.55]They was gone [01:22.52] [01:23.42]He found his mother's old fashion shoe [01:27.91]Found his daddy's hat [01:31.16]And he found little Muley and Muley said: [01:35.25]"They've been tractored out by the cats [01:38.10] [01:38.93]They've been tractored out by the cats " [01:42.04] [01:43.79]Tom Joad walked down to the neighbors farm [01:48.19]Found his family [01:51.67]They took Preacher Casey [01:53.51]And loaded in a car [01:55.40]And his mother said "We got to git away " [01:58.70] [01:59.43]His mother said "We got to get away " [02:02.75] [02:03.99]Now the twelve of the Joads [02:05.90]Made a mighty heavy load [02:08.18]But Grandpa Joad did cry [02:11.68]He picked up a handful of land in his hand [02:15.46]Said: "I'm staying with the farm till I die [02:18.73] [02:19.37]Yes I'm staying with my farm till I die " [02:22.93] [02:23.89]They fed him short ribs [02:25.52]And coffee and soothing syrup [02:28.39]And Grandpa Joad did die [02:31.80]They buried Grandpa Joad [02:33.75]By the side of the road [02:36.21]Buried Grandma on the California side [02:38.72] [02:39.43]They buried Grandma on the California side [02:42.63] [02:44.19]They stood on a Mountain [02:46.11]And they looked to the West [02:48.18]And it looked like the promised land [02:51.37] [02:51.93]That bright green valley with a [02:54.36]River running through [02:55.74]There was work for every single hand [02:58.82]They thought [02:59.55]There was work for every single hand