Tom Joad - Country Joe McDonald: letras de canciones, vídeos musicales y conciertos

Country Joe McDonald

Tom Joad

290

Singer/Songwriter

Tom Joad fue publicado el 1 de enero de 1969 por Vanguard Records como parte del álbum Thinking of Woody Guthrie

Detalles de la canción

ÁlbumThinking of Woody Guthrie

Fecha de lanzamiento1 de enero de 1969

SelloVanguard Records

IdiomaEnglish

Melodicidad

Acústico

Valence

Bailabilidad

Energía

RESUMEN

LETRAS

Créditos

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Country Joe McDonald

Country Joe McDonald

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Woody Guthrie

Songwriter

Letras

Tom Joad got out of that old McAlester Pen

Was there that he got his parole

After four long years on a man killing charge

Tom Joad came a walking down the road

Poor boy, Tom Joad came a walking down the road

It was there that he found him a truck driving man

It was there that he called him a ride

Said "I just got loose from McAlester Pen

On a charge called homicide

Great God, a charge called homicide"

The truck rolled away in a big cloud of dust

And Tommy turned his face towards home

He met Preacher Casey and they had a little drink

And he found out his family they was gone

Tom Joad, he found out his family they was gone

He found his mother's old fashioned shoe

He found his daddy's hat

He found little Muley and little Muley said

"They'd been tractored out by the cats

Tom, they'd been tractored out by the cats"

Then Tom he walked to the neighboring farm

He found his family

They took Preacher Casey and they loaded in the car

And his mama said "We've got to get away

Tom," his mama said, "We've got to get away"

The twelve of the Joads made a mighty heavy load

And Grandpa Joad he cried

He picked up a handful of land in his hand

He said "I'm sticking with my farm until I die"

He said "I'm sticking with my farm until I die"

They fed him spare ribs and coffee and soothing syrup

And Grandpa Joad he died

We buried Grandpa Joad on the Oklahoma road

And Grandma on the California side

And Grandma on the California side

We stood on a mountain and we looked to the west

It looked like the promised land

Was a big green valley with a river running through

And there was work for every single hand

We thought, work for every single hand

The Joads rolled into a jungle camp

It was there that they cooked them a stew

And the hungry little kids in the jungle camp

Said "We'd like to have some too

Yes, we'd like to have some too"

A deputy sheriff fired loose at a man

He shot a woman in the back

But before he could take his aim again

It was Preacher Casey dropped him in his tracks

Good boy, Preacher Casey dropped him in his tracks

Well they handcuffed Casey and they took him to jail

And then he got away

He met Tom Joad by the old river bridge

And these few words he did say

Preacher Casey, these few words he did say

"Well I've preached for the Lord a mighty long time

I've preached about the rich and the poor

But us working folks has got to stick together

Or we ain't got a chance anymore

God knows, we ain't got a chance anymore"

Then the deputies come and Tom and Casey run

To a place where the water run down

And the vigilante thug hit Casey with a club

And he laid Preacher Casey on the ground

And he laid Preacher Casey on the ground

Tom Joad he grabbed the deputy's club

He brung it down on his head

When Tommy took flight that dark and rainy night

Was a preacher and a deputy lying dead

Two men, a preacher and a deputy lying dead

Tommy went back to where his mama was asleep

He woke her up out of bed

He kissed goodbye to the mother that he loved

And he said what Preacher Casey said

Tom Joad, he said what Preacher Casey said

"Everybody might be just one big soul

It looks that way to me

So everywhere you look in the day or the night

That's where I'm gonna be

Ma, that's where I'm gonna be"

"Wherever little kids are hungry and cry

Wherever people ain't free

Wherever men are fighting for their rights

That's where I'm gonna be

Ma, that's where I'm gonna be"

Written by: Woody Guthrie

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