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Pastures Of PlentyWoody Guthrie © 1960 (renewed), 1963 (renewed) TRO-Ludlow Music Inc |
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The Home of Karen Wallace, St. Paul MN - May 1960
▹The Home of Bob and Sid Gleason, East Orange NJ - February 1961
It's a mighty rough row my poor hands have hoed
My poor feet have traveled a hot dusty road
Out of your dust-bowl westward we rolled
And your deserts were hot and your mountains were cold
California, Arizona, i make all your crops
Then it's north up to Oregon to gather your hops
Dig the beets from the ground, pull your grapes from the wine
To set on your table the light sparkling wine
Well i slept on the ground in the light of your moon
I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes
Wherever your crops i'll lend you my hand
I rambled all over your green growing land
Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground
From the Grand Coulee dam where your waters run down
Every state in this union us migrants have been
We'll work in your fight and we'll fight till we win
Well it's always we've rambled that river and i
I'll wander your valleys till the day that i die
On the edge of your cities you'll see us and then
We come with the dust and we're gone with the wind
Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground
From the Grand Coulee dam where yours waters run down
This land i'll defend with my life if it be
'Cause my pastures of plenty must always be free.
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Minneapolis MN - May 1961 (Minnesota Party tape 1961)
It's a mighty hard row that my poor hands have hoed
My poor feet have traveled a hot dusty road
Out of your dust-bowl westward we rolled
And your desert was hot and your mountains were cold
California, Arizona, i make all your crops
And it's north up to Oregon to gather your hops
Dig the beets from your ground, pull the grapes from your wines
To set on your table of your sparkling wine
Well, i worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes
And I slept on the ground in the light of your moon
Every state in this union us migrants have been
We will work in this fight and we'll fight till we win
Green pastures of plenty from a dry desert ground
From the Grand Coulee dam where your waters run down
Every state in this union us migrants have been
Where we come with the dust and we're gone with the wind
And it's always we've rambled that river and i
All along your green valleys i'll work till i die
This land i'll defend with my life if it be
'Cause my pastures of plenty they must always be free
Yes my pastures of plenty they must always be free.
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Recording dates & record list | May 1960 | I WAS SO MUCH YOUNGER THEN Vol. 2 (Ten Thousand For A Tape) (cd bootleg T-676) |
| Feb 1961 1 | THROUGH THE OPEN WINDOW THE BOOTLEG SERIES VOL. 18 1956-1963 |
| THE DYLAN'S ROOT (cd bootleg T-101) | |
| May 1961 2 | THE MINNEAPOLIS PARTY TAPE [BD Archive CD101]s |
| THE MINNESOTA TAPES (2cd bootleg T-318) |
I WAS SO MUCH YOUNGER THEN Vol. 2