Top Songs By Woody Guthrie
Credits
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Woody Guthrie
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KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT
Woody Guthrie
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David Glasser
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Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I'm just a lonesome traveler
The Great Historical Bum
Highly educated
From history I have come
I built the Rock of Ages
'Twas in the Year of One
And that was about the biggest thing
That man had ever done
[Verse 2]
I worked in the Garden of Eden
That was the Year of Two
Joined the apple-pickers union
I always paid my due
I'm the man that signed the contract
To raise the rising sun
And that was about the biggest thing
That man had ever done
[Verse 3]
I was straw-boss on the Pyramids
The Tower of Babel, too
I opened up the ocean
Let the migrant children through
I fought a million battles
And I never lost a one
And that was about the biggest thing
That man had ever done
[Verse 4]
I beat the daring Roman
I beat the daring Turk
Defeated Nero's army
With thirty minutes work
I fought the greatest leaders
And I licked them every one
And that was about the biggest thing
That man had ever done
[Verse 5]
I was in the Revolution
When we set the country free
It was me and a couple of Indians
That dumped the Boston tea
We won the battle at Valley Forge
And battle of Bully Run
And that was about the biggest thing
That man has ever done
[Verse 6]
There's a man across the ocean
And I guess you know him well
His name is Adolf Hitler
And damn his soul to hell
We'll kick him in the panzers
And put him on the run
That'll be the biggest thing
That man has ever done
[Verse 7]
There's mines and mills and factories
That run for Uncle Sam
Producing for the soldier-boys
That fight for this great land
Our job, it is a tough one
It'll take us everyone
But this'll be the biggest thing
That man had ever done
[Verse 8]
There's warehouse guys and teamsters
And guys that skin the cats
Guys that run my steel mills
The furnace and my blast
We'll stop the Axis rattlesnakes
And thieves of old Nippon
And that will be the biggest thing
That man has ever done
[Verse 9]
We'll, I'd better quit my talking
'Cause I told you all I know
Please remember, partner
Wherever you may go
The world is digging Hitler's grave
And when the job is done
That'll be the biggest thing
That man had ever done
Yes, that'll be the biggest thing
That man had ever done
Written by: Woody Guthrie
