Pastures of Plenty
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"Pastures of Plenty" is a 1941 composition by Woody Guthrie. Describing the travails and dignity of migrant workers, it is evocative of the world described in John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath".
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Recorded Versions
- Harry Belafonte
- Bob Dylan
- Ramblin' Jack Elliot
- Flatt and Scruggs
- Will Geer
- Kingston Trio
- Country Joe MacDonald
- Odetta
- The Alarm
- Solas
- Alison Krauss & Union Station
- Paul Kelly
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Published Versions
- Rise Up Singing page 55
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Popular Culture
The phrase is used in a different context in the song Talking Vietnam Pot-Luck Blues by Tom Paxton.
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