[00:00:00] Tom Joad - Woody Guthrie [00:00:25] Tom Joad got out of the old McAlester Pen; [00:00:29] There he got his parole [00:00:33] After four long years on a man killing charge [00:00:37] Tom Joad come a-walkin' down the road poor boy [00:00:41] Tom Joad come a-walkin' down the road [00:00:45] Tom Joad he met a truck driving man; [00:00:49] There he caught him a ride [00:00:52] He said "I just got loose from McAlester Pen [00:00:56] On a charge called homicide [00:01:00] A charge called homicide " [00:01:04] That truck rolled away in a cloud of dust; [00:01:08] Tommy turned his face toward home [00:01:12] He met Preacher Casey and they had a little drink [00:01:16] But they found that his family they was gone [00:01:19] He found that his family they was gone [00:01:23] He found his mother's old-fashion shoe [00:01:28] Found his daddy's hat [00:01:31] And he found little Muley and Muley said [00:01:35] "They've been tractored out by the cats [00:01:39] They've been tractored out by the cats " [00:01:44] Tom Joad walked down to the neighbor's farm [00:01:48] Found his family [00:01:51] They took Preacher Casey and loaded in a car [00:01:55] And his mother said "We've got to get away " [00:01:59] His mother said "We've got to get away " [00:02:04] Now the twelve of the Joads made a mighty heavy load; [00:02:08] But Grandpa Joad did cry [00:02:11] He picked up a handful of land in his hand [00:02:15] Said: "I'm stayin' with the farm till I die [00:02:19] Yes I'm stayin' with the farm till I die " [00:02:24] They fed him short ribs and coffee and soothing syrup; [00:02:28] And Grandpa Joad did die [00:02:31] They buried Grandpa Joad by the side of the road [00:02:36] Grandma on the California side [00:02:39] They buried Grandma on the California side [00:02:44] They stood on a mountain and they looked to the west [00:02:48] And it looked like the promised land [00:02:52] That bright green valley with a river running through [00:02:55] There was work for every single hand they thought [00:02:59] There was work for every single hand [00:03:24] The Joads rolled away to the jungle camp [00:03:28] There they cooked a stew [00:03:32] And the hungry little kids of the jungle camp [00:03:36] Said: "We'd like to have some too " [00:03:39] Said: "We'd like to have some too " [00:03:43] Now a deputy sheriff fired loose at a man [00:03:47] Shot a woman in the back [00:03:51] Before he could take his aim again [00:03:55] Preacher Casey dropped him in his track poor boy [00:03:59] Preacher Casey dropped him in his track [00:04:03] They handcuffed Casey and they took him in jail; [00:04:10] And then he got away [00:04:13] And he met Tom Joad on the old river bridge [00:04:17] And these few words he did say poor boy [00:04:21] These few words he did say [00:04:24] "I preached for the Lord a mighty long time [00:04:29] Preached about the rich and the poor [00:04:32] Us workin' folkses all get together [00:04:36] 'Cause we ain't got a chance anymore [00:04:40] We ain't got a chance anymore " [00:04:44] Now the deputies come and Tom and Casey run [00:04:47] To the bridge where the water run down [00:04:51] But the vigilante thugs hit Casey with a club [00:04:55] They laid Preacher Casey on the ground poor Casey [00:04:59] They laid Preacher Casey on the ground [00:05:03] Tom Joad he grabbed that deputy's club [00:05:07] Hit him over the head [00:05:10] Tom Joad took flight in the dark rainy night [00:05:14] And a deputy and a preacher lying dead two men [00:05:18] A deputy and a preacher lying dead [00:05:23] Tom run back where his mother was asleep; [00:05:27] He woke her up out of bed [00:05:30] An' he kissed goodbye to the mother that he loved [00:05:34] Said what Preacher Casey said Tom Joad [00:05:38] He said what Preacher Casey said [00:05:42] "Ever'body might be just one big soul [00:05:46] Well it looks that a-way to me [00:05:50] Everywhere that you look in the day or night [00:05:54] That's where I'm a-gonna be Ma [00:05:58] That's where I'm a-gonna be