Tom Joad (Part 1)-Woody Guthrie

[ti:Tom Joad (Part 1)] [ar:Woody Guthrie] [al:Bob Dylan's Woody Guthrie Selection] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tom Joad (Part 1) - Woody Guthrie [00:26.33]Tom Joad got out of the old mcalester pen [00:31.05]There he got his parole [00:34.50]After four long years on a man killing charge [00:38.68]Tom Joad come a walking down the road [00:41.69]Poor boy [00:42.65]Tom Joad come a walking down the road [00:45.59] [00:46.66]Tom Joad he met a truck driving man [00:51.22]There he caught him a ride he said: [00:55.08]"I just got loose from [00:56.69]Mcalester's pen on a charge called homicide [01:02.39]A charge called homicide " [01:06.33]That truck rolled away in a cloud of dust [01:10.66]Tommy turned his face toward home [01:14.19]He met preacher casey [01:15.95]And they had a little drink [01:18.06]But they found that his family they was gone [01:22.00]He found that his family they was gone [01:25.92]He found his mother's old fashion shoe [01:30.24]Found his daddy's hat [01:33.70]And he found little muley and muley said: [01:37.39]"They've been tractored out by the cats [01:41.55]They've been tractored out by the cats " [01:44.44] [01:46.37]Tom Joad walked down to the neighbors farm [01:50.65]Found his family [01:54.22]They took preacher casey and loaded in a car [01:58.12]And his mother said "We got to git away " [02:01.97]His mother said "we got to get away " [02:06.77]Now the twelve of the joads [02:08.48]Made a mighty heavy load [02:10.62]But grandpa joad did cry [02:14.58]He picked up a handful of land in his hand [02:18.41]Said: "I'm stayin' with the farm till i die [02:20.71] [02:22.20]Yes i'm stayin' with my farm till i die " [02:26.81]They fed him short ribs and coffee [02:29.00]And soothing syrup [02:30.91]And grandpa joad did die [02:34.67]They buried grandpa joad by the side of the road [02:39.12]Buried grandma on the california side [02:42.35]They buried grandma on the california side [02:47.34]They stood on a mountain and [02:49.34]They looked to the west and it [02:51.59]Looked like the promised land [02:54.88]That bright green valley with a [02:57.13]River running through [02:58.09] [02:58.74]There was work for every single hand they [03:01.85]Thought there was work for every single hand