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Oh where would he be
At home or across the sea
Or sitting in a jailhouse all alone
Ridin’ rails across the plains or singing down on Main
This whole wide world was Mr. Guthrie’s home

With Cisco by his side, full of Pampa pride
Off he’d waltz hard travellin’ far and wide
From San Diego shores to flophouse New York floors
Woody rolled right out just like the tide

He sang for the weary, the beaten down n’poor
For the workers in the factory and fields
For the broken hearted man who’s had all he can stand
Woody gave him sword n’ gave him shield

Oh where would he be
At home or across the sea
Or sitting in a jailhouse all alone
Ridin’ rails across the plains or singing down on Main
This whole wide world was Mr. Guthrie’s home

A Communist they said, is better dead than Red
Some folks found one under every bed
So to make a great impression in the depths of the Depression
Woody sang at union striker’s sessions

Politicised he was when hiding from the fuzz
He wrote of what he saw as his life story
Of farms, small shops n’ towns, of people battered down
You can read about it now in Bound For Glory

Oh where would he be
At home or across the sea
Or sitting in a jailhouse all alone
Ridin’ rails across the plains or singing down on Main
This whole wide world was Mr. Guthrie’s home

Struck down, still young by fate, his legend still grows great
In a land that’s better off for knowing him
Now playing in that band in God’s great eternal hand
Woody Guthrie’s light will never dim
So when you look around and start to feelin’ down
Remember who has walked your road before
With courage, heart and thought, he never once was bought
And we’ll sing Woody’s songs for evermore

Oh where would he be
At home or across the sea
Or sitting in a jailhouse all alone
Ridin’ rails across the plains or singing down on Main
This whole wide world was Mr. Guthrie’s home

Oh where would he be
At home or across the sea
Or sitting in a jailhouse all alone
Ridin’ rails across the plains or singing down on Main
This whole wide world was Mr. Guthrie’s home
We really mean it
The whole wide world was Mr. Guthrie’s home

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from Turn the Water on, Boy!, released July 2, 2020
Written by Sid Griffin
© Sid Griffin
Published by Coal Train Tunes/Bug Music Ltd.

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The Coal Porters London, UK

The Coal Porters claim to be the world’s first “alt-bluegrass” act, demonstrating the power of fiddle, mandolin, banjo, acoustic guitar and doghouse bass when matched with four-part harmonies and memorable melodies.

They have taken this sound around the world being featured on NPR’s Morning Edition in the USA and having recorded a live session for Bob Harris on BBC Radio 2. ... more

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