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Joad Woody Guthrie Tom Joad got out of the old McAlester pen There he got his parole After four long years on a man killing charge Tom Joad come a-walking down the road (poor boy) Tom Joad he met a truck driving man There he caught him a ride He said: I just got loose from old McAlester’s pen On a charge called homicide That truck rolled away in a cloud of dust Tommy turned his face toward home He met Preacher Casey and the had a little drink But they found that his family was gone He found his mother’s old fashioned shoe Found his daddy’s hat And he found little Muley and Muley said: They’ve been tractored out by the cats Tom Joad walked down to the neighbor’s farm And found his family They took Preacher Casey and loaded in a car And his mother said: We got to git away Now the twelve of the Joads made a mighty heavy load But Grandpa Joad did cry He picked up a handful of land in his hand Said: I’m staying with the farm till I die They fed him short ribs and coffee and soothing syrup And Grandpa Joad did die They buried Grandpa Joad by the side of the road And buried Grandma on the California side They stood on a mountain and they looked to the West And it looked like the promised land That bright green valley with a river running through There was work for ev’ry single hand (they thought) The Joads rolled away to the Jungle Camp There they cooked a stew And the hungry little kids of Jungle Camp Said: We’d like to have some too Now a deputy sheriff fired loose at a man Shot a woman in the back Before he could take his aim again Preacher Casey dropped him in his track They handcuffed Casey and they took him to jail And then he got away And he met Tom Joad on the river bridge And these few words he did say (poor boy): I preached for the Lord a mighty long time Preached about the rich and the poor Us working folks is all get together Cause we ain’t got a chance anymore The deputies come and Tom and Casey run To the bridge where the water run down But the vigilantes hit Casey with a club They laid Preacher Casey on the ground Tom Joad he grabbed that deputy’s club Hit him over the head Tom Joad took flight in the dark rainy night A deputy and a preacher lying dead, (2 men) Tom run back where his mother was asleep He woke her up out of bed Then he kissed goodbye to the mother that he loved Said what Preacher Casey said (Tom Joad): Everybody might be just one big soul Well, it looks that-a way to me Everywhere that you look in the day or night That’s where I’m gonna be (Ma) Wherever little children are hungry and cry Wherever people ain’t free Wherever men are fighting for their rights That’s where I’m gonna be (Ma) * as I recorded on my CD   alles-uke.de |