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Pastures of Plenty

   It's a mighty hard row my poor hands have hoed
   My poor feet have traveled this hot dusty road
   Out of your dustbowl and westward we rolled
   Your deserts were hot and your mountains were cold
   
   I've worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes
   Slept on the ground by the light of the moon
   On the edge of your cities you'll see us and then
   We come with the dust and we're gone with the wind
   
   California, Arizona, I've worked on your crops
   Then northward up to Oregon to gather your hops
   Dig the beets from your ground, take the grapes from your vine
   To set on your table that light, sparkling wine
   
   Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground
   From the Grand Coulee Dam where the waters run down
   Every state in this Union the migrants have been
   We'll work in your fight and we'll fight till we win
   
   It's always we ramble, that river and I
   All along your green valleys I'll work 'til I die
   Travel this road until death sets me free
   For your pastures of plenty must always be free.
   
   By Woody Guthrie, ŠTRO/Ludlow Music. The tune is an adaptation of the
   traditional Appalachian song "Pretty Polly."
   
   See also: Woody Guthrie's original lyrics.
   
   
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