Do-Re-Mi

Song Do-Re-Mi
Artist Woody Guthrie
Album The Asch Recordings, Vol. 1-4

Lyrics

[00:18.06] Lots of folks back East, they say, is leavin' home every day
[00:21.91] Beatin' the hot old dusty way to the California line
[00:26.02] 'Cross the desert sands they roll, gettin' out of that old dust bowl
[00:29.81] They think they're goin' to a sugar bowl but here's what they find
[00:35.56] Now the police at the port of entry say
[00:39.31] "You're number fourteen thousand for today"
[00:42.75] Oh, if you ain't got the do re mi folks you ain't got the do re mi
[00:51.22] While you better go back to beautiful Texas
[00:54.92] Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee
[00:58.82] California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see
[01:06.56] But believe it or not you won't find it so hot
[01:10.25] If you ain't got the do re mi
[01:31.96] You want to buy you a home or a farm that can't deal nobody harm
[01:35.47] Or take your vacation by the mountains or sea
[01:40.23] Don't swap your old cow for a car, you better stay right where you are
[01:44.27] You better take this little tip from me
[01:48.01] 'Cause I look through the want ads every day
[01:51.62] But the headlines on the papers always say
[01:55.71] If you ain't got the do re mi boys you ain't got the do re mi
[02:03.33] While you better go back to beautiful Texas
[02:07.27] Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee
[02:11.13] California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see
[02:18.69] But believe it or not you won't find it so hot
[02:22.55] If you ain't got the do re mi