The Biggest Thing A Man Has Ever Done-Woody Guthrie

[ti:The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:Pastures of Plenty: Best of Woody Guthrie] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Biggest Thing A Man Has Ever Done - Woody Guthrie [00:01.90]I'm just a lonesome traveler [00:04.15]The Great Historical Bum [00:05.30] [00:06.03]Highly educated from history I have come [00:09.45]I built the Rock of Ages [00:11.02]Twas in the Year of One [00:12.35] [00:13.09]And that was about the biggest thing [00:14.88]That man had ever done [00:16.33]I worked in the Garden of Eden [00:17.54] [00:18.16]That was the year of two [00:19.97]Joined the apple pickers union [00:21.51]I always paid my due [00:22.88] [00:23.41]I'm the man that signed the contract [00:25.02]To raise the rising sun [00:27.11]And that was about the biggest thing [00:29.20]That man had ever done [00:30.70]I was straw boss on the Pyramids [00:32.01]The Tower of Babel too [00:33.41] [00:34.12]I opened up the ocean let [00:35.79]The migrant children through [00:37.48]I fought a million battles and I never lost a one [00:40.40] [00:41.01]And that was about the biggest thing [00:42.52]That man had ever done [00:44.07] [00:45.41]I beat the daring Roman [00:46.96]I beat the daring Turk [00:48.03] [00:48.79]Defeated Nero's army with thirty minutes work [00:51.55] [00:52.16]I fought the greatest leaders [00:53.81]And I licked them everyone [00:55.33] [00:55.91]And that was about the biggest thing [00:57.43]That man had ever done [00:58.88] [01:00.96]I was in the Revolution [01:02.35]When we set the country free [01:04.61]Me and a couple of Indians [01:06.42]That dumped the Boston tea [01:07.97]We won the battle at Valley Forge [01:09.56]The battle of Bully Run [01:10.96] [01:11.62]And that was about the biggest thing [01:13.10]That man has ever done [01:14.53] [01:15.72]There was a man across the ocean [01:17.38]I guess you knew him well [01:18.93] [01:19.51]His name was Adolf Hitler [01:21.31]Goddam his soul to hell [01:22.36] [01:22.94]We kicked him in the panzers [01:24.62]And put him on the run [01:26.02] [01:26.63]And that was about the biggest thing [01:28.24]That man has ever done [01:29.91] [01:30.71]I built mines and mills and factories [01:32.38]To run for Uncle Sam; [01:33.87] [01:34.39]I turned th' ploughs and wheels [01:35.84]To feed my soldiers in your lands; [01:37.92]This Nazi job's a tough 'un [01:39.56]It'll take us everyone [01:40.93] [01:41.57]'Cause this is about the biggest thing [01:43.00]That man has ever done [01:44.45] [01:45.74]There's warehouse guys and teamsters [01:46.94]And guys that skin the cats [01:48.63] [01:49.52]Guys that run my steel mill [01:51.08]My furnace and my blast [01:52.32] [01:53.01]We'll stop the Axis rattlesnakes [01:54.41]And thieves of old Nippon [01:56.05] [01:56.72]And that will be the biggest thing [01:58.13]That man has ever done [01:59.42] [02:00.89]I'd better quit my talking [02:02.19]Cause I told you all I know [02:04.01] [02:04.69]But please remember pardner [02:06.12]Wherever you may go [02:07.81]And that was about the biggest thing [02:09.64]That man has ever done [02:10.77] [02:11.80]And I'm about the biggest thing [02:13.17]That man has ever done