Intro
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Verse 1
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It's a mighty hard row 
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My poor hands have hoed 
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My poor feet have traveled 
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A hot dusty road 
 
Verse 2
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Out of your Dust Bowl 
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And westward we rolled 
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Your deserts were hot 
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Your mountains were cold 
 
Verse 3
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I worked in your orchards 
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Of peaches and prunes 
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Slept on the ground 
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By the light of your moon 
 
Verse 4
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On the edge of your city 
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You'll see us and then 
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We come with the dust 
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We're gone with the wind 
 
Verse 5
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California and Arizona, 
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I made all your crops 
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And its north up to Oregon 
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To harvest your hops 
 
Verse 6
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Dig the beets from your ground, 
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Pick the grapes from your vine 
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To set on your table 
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Your light sparkling wine 
 
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Verse 7
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It's green pastures of plenty 
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From dry desert ground 
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From the Grand Coulee Dam 
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Where the waters run down 
 
Verse 8
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Every state in this Union 
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Us migrants have been 
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We'll work in this fight 
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And we'll fight till we win 
 
Verse 9
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And it's always we ramble 
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This river and I 
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All along your green valley, 
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I will work till I die 
 
Verse 10
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And this land I'll defend 
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With my life if need be 
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'Cause my pastures of plenty 
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Must always be free