Pastures of Plenty
Woody GuthrieOriginale | Le parole nella versione di Peter Tevis arrangiata da Morricone {{video... |
PASTURES OF PLENTY | PASTURES OF PLENTY |
It's a mighty hard row that my poor hands have hoed My poor feet have travelled a hot dusty road Out of your Dust Bowl and Westward we rolled And your desert was hot and your mountain was cold | It's a mighty hard row that these poor hands have hoed My poor feet has traveled the hot dusty road Out of your dustbowl and westward we rolled Through deserts so hot and mountains so cold |
I worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes I slept on the ground in the light of your moon On the edge of your city you'll see us and then We come with the dust and we go with the wind | Well I've wandered all over your green growing land And wherever your crops are, I'll lend you my hand On the edge of your cities you'll see me and then I come with the dust and I'm gone with the wind |
California, Arizona, I make all your crops Well it's North up to Oregon to gather your hops Dig the beets from your ground, cut the grapes from your vine To set on your table your light sparkling wine | California, Arizona, I've worked on your crops Then northward up to Oregon I gather your hops I've dug beets from your ground, and I've cut 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 water runs down Every state in this Union us migrants have been We'll work in this fight and we'll fight till we win | It's green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground From the Grand Coulee Dam where the waters run down Every state of this Union as migrants have been We come with the dust and we're gone with the wind |
Well, it's always we rambled, that river and I All along your green valley, I'll work till I die My land I'll defend with my life if it be Cause my pastures of plenty must always be free | I come with the dust and I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone with the wind, with the wind, with the wind, with the wind |