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LegalCat's avatar

In case anyone's wondering, the Guthrie quote is from his song "The Ballad of Tom Joad," which is adapted from "The Grapes of Wrath." It's been recorded a few times, but for me, this is the definitive version:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHcwZyl27QI&t=86s

And here's the passage from "Grapes" that it's summarizing:

I’ll be all aroun’ in the dark. I’ll be ever’where— wherever you look. Wherever they’s a fight so hungry people can eat, I’ll be there. Wherever they’s a cop bearin’ up a guy, I’ll be there. If Casy knowed, why, I’ll be in the way guys yell when they’re mad an’— I’ll be in the way kids laugh when they’re hungry an’ they know supper’s ready. An’ when our folks eat the stuff they raise an’ live in the houses they build— why, I’ll be there.

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Indivisible Sonoma County's avatar

There are a few books in every life that shape us. Grapes of Wrath helped shape me. Hearing Joan Baez sing Tom Joad — and putting the two together in my still forming brain — was also a pivotal moment. Ah, youth! Not wasted at all.

But I never thought I’d be here again. — Sabra Briere

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Torrance Stephens's avatar

Democrat policy regarding labor has not altered one iota of a degree since the Civil War. They have shown who they are; now it is time to believe them.

https://torrancestephensphd.substack.com/p/apple-dont-fall-far-from-the-tree

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