I think you merged two verses into the second verse -- My father's own father he waded that river They took all the money he made in his life My sisters and brothers come work in your fruit trees They rode on the trucks till they took down and died
NEXT VERSE Some are illegal and some are not wanted Our work contract's out and we've got to go home It's 600 miles to that Mexico border They chase us like rustlers like outlaws like thieves [At least that;s how I remember it --- I think off a CIsco Houston record]\ THE "WORK CONTRACT" LINE REFERS TO THE BRACERO PROGRAM --- the crash at Los Gatos involved braceros being flown back --- interestingly enough --- in recent years, they have been able through DNA analysis to bring remains back to the original villages of the victims ---- On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 2:42 PM Duane Filan via groups.io <filanduane= [email protected]> wrote: > (IMO the best cover on YouTube is Dolly Parton's) > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33573): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33573 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109561147/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
