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What preacher casey said poor boy * 1
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By Woody Guthrie.  He wrote this song so that poor people that could not afford to buy a copy of "The Grapes of Wrath" could know what the book was about.  the book was 1939 the song 1940.  seems like forever to most of you i bet.

Tom Joad

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-walkin' down the road, poor boy,
Tom Joad come a-walkin' down the road.

Tom Joad, he met a truck driving man;
There he caught him a ride.
He said, "I just got loose from McAlester Pen
On a charge called homicide,
A charge called homicide."

That truck rolled away in a cloud of dust;
Tommy turned his face toward home.
He met Preacher Casey, and they had a little drink,
But they found that his family they was gone,
He found that his family they was gone.

He found his mother's old fashion shoe,
Found his daddy's hat.
And he found little Muley and Muley said,
"They've been tractored out by the cats,
They've been tractored out by the cats."

Tom Joad walked down to the neighbor's farm,
Found his family.
They took Preacher Casey and loaded in a car,
And his mother said, "We've got to get away."
His mother said, "We've got to get 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 stayin' with the farm till I die.
Yes, I'm stayin' 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,
Grandma on the California side,
They 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 every single hand, they thought,
There was work for every single hand.

The Joads rolled away to the jungle camp,
There they cooked a stew.
And the hungry little kids of the jungle camp
Said: "We'd like to have some, too."
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, poor boy,
Preacher Casey dropped him in his track.

They handcuffed Casey and they took him in jail;
And then he got away.
And he met Tom Joad on the old river bridge,
And these few words he did say, poor boy,
These few words he did say.

"I preached for the Lord a mighty long time,
Preached about the rich and the poor.
Us workin' folkses, all get together,
'Cause we ain't got a chance anymore.
We ain't got a chance anymore."

Now, the deputies come, and Tom and Casey run
To the bridge where the water run down.
But the vigilante thugs hit Casey with a club,
They laid Preacher Casey on the ground, poor Casey,
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,
And a deputy and a preacher lying dead, two men,
A deputy and a preacher lying dead.

Tom run back where his mother was asleep;
He woke her up out of bed.
An' he kissed goodbye to the mother that he loved,
Said what Preacher Casey said, Tom Joad,
He said what Preacher Casey said.

"Ever'body 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 a-gonna be, Ma,
That's where I'm a-gonna be.

Wherever little children are hungry and cry,
Wherever people ain't free.
Wherever men are fightin' for their rights,
That's where I'm a-gonna be, Ma.
That's where I'm a-gonna be."

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Re: What preacher casey said poor boy [Re: lorddavidone]
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in 2010 people do not know how to read, but Youtube likes to solve those issues.:malamute:


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Calico Kahlia come tell me the news
Calamity's waiting for a way to get to her
Rosy red and electric blue
I bought you a paddle for your paper canoe

Say you'll come back when you can
Whenever your airplane happens to land
Maybe I'll be back here too
It all depends on what's with you

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Re: What preacher casey said poor boy [Re: C20H25N3O]
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huh.  that is too bad.  in my family we read an awful lot.  my wife probably reads 400 books a year. she needs to read for her job and it is how she ignores me.  my children also are avid readers.  i have to get out more and meet young people.  ok, maybe not.  everyone i know reads.

Edited by lorddavidone (03/23/10 05:00 PM)

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Re: What preacher casey said poor boy [Re: lorddavidone]
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I Think you missed the :malamute:

I love the song,and I love this history behind The song. I am glad you posted the lyrics. It used to be in the Pub we post a verse to a good song, often Grateful Dead Songs, and it would be quickly finished by people adding the remaining verses to the song. Like a virtual sing a long almost.


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Calico Kahlia come tell me the news
Calamity's waiting for a way to get to her
Rosy red and electric blue
I bought you a paddle for your paper canoe

Say you'll come back when you can
Whenever your airplane happens to land
Maybe I'll be back here too
It all depends on what's with you

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Re: What preacher casey said poor boy [Re: C20H25N3O]
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tl;dr


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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

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Re: What preacher casey said poor boy [Re: C20H25N3O] * 1
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C20H25N3O said:
I Think you missed the :malamute:

I love the song,and I love this history behind The song. I am glad you posted the lyrics. It used to be in the Pub we post a verse to a good song, often Grateful Dead Songs, and it would be quickly finished by people adding the remaining verses to the song. Like a virtual sing a long almost.


i think i got you.  i did not feel that you did not think it approriate at all.  i was commenting on the fact that young people don't read enoguh.  right?

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