I just blowed in, and I got them dust bowl blues,
I just blowed in, and I got them dust bowl blues,
I just blowed in, and I'll blow back out again.
I guess you've heard about ev'ry kind of blues,
I guess you've heard about ev'ry kind of blues,
But when the dust gets high, you can't even see the sky.
I've seen the dust so black that I couldn't see a thing,
I've seen the dust so black that I couldn't see a thing,
And the wind so cold, boy, it nearly cut your water off.
I seen the wind so high that it blowed my fences down,
I've seen the wind so high that it blowed my fences down,
Buried my tractor six feet underground.
Well, it turned my farm into a pile of sand,
Yes, it turned my farm into a pile of sand,
I had to hit that road with a bottle in my hand.
I spent ten years down in that old dust bowl,
I spent ten years down in that old dust bowl,
When you get that dust pneumony, boy, it's time to go.
I had a gal, and she was young and sweet,
I had a gal, and she was young and sweet,
But a dust storm buried her sixteen hundred feet.
She was a good gal, long, tall and stout,
Yes, she was a good gal, long, tall and stout,
I had to get a steam shovel just to dig my darlin' out.
These dusty blues are the dustiest ones I know,
These dusty blues are the dustiest ones I know,
Buried head over heels in the black old dust,
I had to pack up and go.
An' I just blowed in, an' I'll soon blow out again.
I just blowed in, and I got them dust bowl blues,
I just blowed in, and I'll blow back out again.
I guess you've heard about ev'ry kind of blues,
I guess you've heard about ev'ry kind of blues,
But when the dust gets high, you can't even see the sky.
I've seen the dust so black that I couldn't see a thing,
I've seen the dust so black that I couldn't see a thing,
And the wind so cold, boy, it nearly cut your water off.
I seen the wind so high that it blowed my fences down,
I've seen the wind so high that it blowed my fences down,
Buried my tractor six feet underground.
Well, it turned my farm into a pile of sand,
Yes, it turned my farm into a pile of sand,
I had to hit that road with a bottle in my hand.
I spent ten years down in that old dust bowl,
I spent ten years down in that old dust bowl,
When you get that dust pneumony, boy, it's time to go.
I had a gal, and she was young and sweet,
I had a gal, and she was young and sweet,
But a dust storm buried her sixteen hundred feet.
She was a good gal, long, tall and stout,
Yes, she was a good gal, long, tall and stout,
I had to get a steam shovel just to dig my darlin' out.
These dusty blues are the dustiest ones I know,
These dusty blues are the dustiest ones I know,
Buried head over heels in the black old dust,
I had to pack up and go.
An' I just blowed in, an' I'll soon blow out again.
Contributed by Pluck - 2025/9/3 - 10:07
Note di copertina, interessanti ed esplicative, dell’album- CD “Dust Bowl Ballads” di Woody Guthrie pubblicato nel 1998 da The Camden Record Label , UK & Ireland Ltd.
The “Dust Bowl Ballads” were recorded on April 26th 1940 for RCA Victor and are thought to be among the greatest works Woody Guthrie ever accomplished.
They were originally released separately on two six track records before all fourteen songs were eventually put together on one album in 1964.
Woody used his songs to voice his political dissatisfaction with the government and to tell of the hardships faced by himself and the working classes of America.
His music on this album may only be simple folk,but the lyrics and melodies not only display the diversity of all his influences,but also show Woody’s genius in capturing the spirit and desperation of the Okie farming people during the “great dust storms” of the 1930s.
The devastation and poverty caused by the “Black Blizzards”,which Woody experienced first hand,inspired him to write these songs.
They take us on a journey through the great depression period in the southern states of the USA.
Before the dust storms began in the 1930s there had been years of excessive over-farming by the white settlers.
This had caused the topsoil to wear thin and become dust.
It was with a combination of intense heat and high winds between 1934 and 1936 that caused the dust to form enormous walls,sometimes as high as 7,000 feet,100 miles wide and 600 miles long.
Sweeping across the country the dust storms could be so thick that visibility could be as low as a few feet.
The storms effected the people in the southern states in many ways.
With their crops failing,their cattle starving and many people suffering from pneumonia caused by the intense heat and dust, many were eventually forced to migrate towards California or the northern states.
These people were known as the “Dust Bowl Refugees”.
Although times were hard and people's futures were uncertain,the Okie people managed to keep their spirits high during the depression with a subtle sense of humour which is evident throughout all of Woody’s songs.
He lived the life of the poor and the working class and with his own experiences,he incorporated the feelings of his people into these excellent songs.
They were originally released separately on two six track records before all fourteen songs were eventually put together on one album in 1964.
Woody used his songs to voice his political dissatisfaction with the government and to tell of the hardships faced by himself and the working classes of America.
His music on this album may only be simple folk,but the lyrics and melodies not only display the diversity of all his influences,but also show Woody’s genius in capturing the spirit and desperation of the Okie farming people during the “great dust storms” of the 1930s.
The devastation and poverty caused by the “Black Blizzards”,which Woody experienced first hand,inspired him to write these songs.
They take us on a journey through the great depression period in the southern states of the USA.
Before the dust storms began in the 1930s there had been years of excessive over-farming by the white settlers.
This had caused the topsoil to wear thin and become dust.
It was with a combination of intense heat and high winds between 1934 and 1936 that caused the dust to form enormous walls,sometimes as high as 7,000 feet,100 miles wide and 600 miles long.
Sweeping across the country the dust storms could be so thick that visibility could be as low as a few feet.
The storms effected the people in the southern states in many ways.
With their crops failing,their cattle starving and many people suffering from pneumonia caused by the intense heat and dust, many were eventually forced to migrate towards California or the northern states.
These people were known as the “Dust Bowl Refugees”.
Although times were hard and people's futures were uncertain,the Okie people managed to keep their spirits high during the depression with a subtle sense of humour which is evident throughout all of Woody’s songs.
He lived the life of the poor and the working class and with his own experiences,he incorporated the feelings of his people into these excellent songs.
Pluck - 2025/9/4 - 10:23
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Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
Fonte: "Dust Bowl Blues" ~ Woody Guthrie
"Dust Bowl Blues" è una canzone di Woody Guthrie che fa parte anch’essa dell’album "Dust Bowl Ballads",14 tracce registrate negli studi della Victor in Camden, New Jersey e pubblicate dalla Victor Records,New York nel 1940.
Con questa traccia tutte le "Dust Bowl Ballads" sono rappresentate su CCG.
The Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster) / I Ain't Got No Home / Talking Dust Bowl Blues / Vigilante Man / Dust Can't Kill Me / Dust Pneumonia Blues / Pretty Boy Floyd / Blowin' Down The Road (I Ain't Gonna To Be Treated This Way) / Tom Joad (Part 1) / Tom Joad (Part 2) / Dust Bowl Refugee / Do Re Mi / Dust Bowl Blues / Dusty Old Dust (So Long It's Been Good To Know Yuh)