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The Lyrical Great The Lyrical Great Depression Depression By: Jewel Beddia By: Jewel Beddia Nicole Anouge Nicole Anouge Michelle Restrepo Michelle Restrepo Valerie Geurke Valerie Geurke

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The Lyrical Great Depression. By: Jewel Beddia Nicole Anouge Michelle Restrepo Valerie Geurke. The Ghost of Tom Joad Bruce Springsteen. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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The Lyrical Great The Lyrical Great DepressionDepression

By: Jewel BeddiaBy: Jewel BeddiaNicole AnougeNicole Anouge

Michelle RestrepoMichelle RestrepoValerie GeurkeValerie Geurke

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The Ghost of Tom JoadThe Ghost of Tom JoadBruce SpringsteenBruce Springsteen

Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracksGoin' someplace there's no goin' back

Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge

Hot soup on a campfire under the bridgeShelter line stretchin' round the corner

Welcome to the new world orderFamilies sleepin' in their cars in the southwest

No home no job no peace no rest

The highway is alive tonightBut nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes

I'm sittin' down here in the campfire lightSearchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad

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He pulls prayer book out of his sleeping bagPreacher lights up a butt and takes a drag

Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be lastIn a cardboard box 'neath the underpass

Got a one-way ticket to the promised landYou got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand

Sleeping on a pillow of solid rockBathin' in the city aqueduct

The highway is alive tonight but where it's headed everybody knows. I'm sittin' down here in the campfire lightWaitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad

Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guyWherever a hungry newborn baby cries

Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the airLook for me Mom I'll be there

Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to standOr decent job or a helpin' hand

Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be freeLook in their eyes Mom you'll see me.“

The highway is alive tonightBut nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes

I'm sittin' downhere in the campfire lightWith the ghost of old Tom Joad

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This song refers to the main character in This song refers to the main character in The The Grapes of WrathGrapes of Wrath to show how life was to show how life was

during the Dust Bowl. during the Dust Bowl.

“men walkin’ long the railroad tracks goin’ someplace there’s no goin’

back.”

This line in the song portrays how often people migrated, mainly farmers, in search of fertile land

and jobs to survive.

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“no home no job no peace no rest.”

This line shows how people suffering in the Dust Bowl lived in shanties and everything was taken away from them because of this natural disaster.

Also, in the first line of the third stanza, the man pulls out a “prayer book” symbolizing his last

bit of hope and faith he is holding on to.

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The third stanza also states that the men live in a “cardboard box ‘neath the

underpass.” and are “sleeping on a pillow of solid rock, bathin’ in the city

aqueduct.”

These lines show the hardships in people’s lives

during this time.

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“Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guyWherever a hungry newborn baby cries

Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air

Look for me Mom I'll be thereWherever there's somebody fightin' for a

place to standOr decent job or a helpin' hand

Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be freeLook in their eyes Mom you'll see me.“

These are excerpts from The Grapes of Wrath when Tom

is actually speaking to his mother about the horrors he has seen during the 1930s.

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Goin’ Down the Road Feeling Goin’ Down the Road Feeling BadBad

Woody Guthrie Woody Guthrie I'm blowin' down this old dusty road,I'm blowin' down this old dusty road,I'm a-blowin' down this old dusty road,I'm a-blowin' down this old dusty road,

I'm a-blowin' down this old dusty road, Lord, Lord,I'm a-blowin' down this old dusty road, Lord, Lord,An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way. An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this a-way.

I'm a-goin' where the water taste like wine,I'm a-goin' where the water taste like wine,I'm a-goin' where the water taste like wine,I'm a-goin' where the water taste like wine,

I'm a-goin' where the water taste like wine, Lord,I'm a-goin' where the water taste like wine, Lord,An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way. An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way.

I'm a-goin' where the dust storms never blow,I'm a-goin' where the dust storms never blow,I'm a-goin' where them dust storms never blow,I'm a-goin' where them dust storms never blow,

I'm a-goin' where them dust storms never blow, blow, blow,I'm a-goin' where them dust storms never blow, blow, blow,An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way. An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way.

They say I'm a dust bowl refugee,They say I'm a dust bowl refugee,Yes, they say I'm a dust bowl refugee,Yes, they say I'm a dust bowl refugee,

They say I'm a dust bowl refugee, Lord, Lord,They say I'm a dust bowl refugee, Lord, Lord,An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way. An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way.

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I'm a-lookin' for a job at honest pay,I'm a-lookin' for a job at honest pay,I'm a-lookin' for a job at honest pay,I'm a-lookin' for a job at honest pay,

I'm a-lookin' for a job at honest pay, Lord, Lord,I'm a-lookin' for a job at honest pay, Lord, Lord,An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way. An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way.

My children need three square meals a day,My children need three square meals a day,Now, my children need three square meals a day,Now, my children need three square meals a day,My children need three square meals a day, Lord,My children need three square meals a day, Lord,

An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way. An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way. It takes a ten-dollar shoe to fit my feet,It takes a ten-dollar shoe to fit my feet,It takes a ten-dollar shoe to fit my feet,It takes a ten-dollar shoe to fit my feet,

It takes a ten-dollar shoe to fit my feet, Lord, Lord,It takes a ten-dollar shoe to fit my feet, Lord, Lord,An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way. An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way. Your a-two-dollar shoe hurts my feet,Your a-two-dollar shoe hurts my feet,

Your two-dollar shoe hurts my feet,Your two-dollar shoe hurts my feet,Yes, your two-dollar shoe hurts my feet, Lord, Lord,Yes, your two-dollar shoe hurts my feet, Lord, Lord,

An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way. An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way. I'm a-goin' down this old dusty road,I'm a-goin' down this old dusty road,I'm blowin' down this old dusty road,I'm blowin' down this old dusty road,

I'm a-blowin' down this old dusty road, Lord, Lord,I'm a-blowin' down this old dusty road, Lord, Lord,An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way.An' I ain't a-gonna be treated this way.

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“I’m blowin’ down this old dusty road, an’ I ain’t gonna be treated this a-

way.”

This line in the song epitomizes the 1930s, which

was a time of great depressions and hardships.

“I’m a-goin’ where the water tastes like wine, Lord.”

Here, Woody Guthrie is saying how something as

simple as water would be considered a luxurious drink in this moment in time during the Dust Bowl.

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“I ain’t a-gonna be treated this way.”

This repetitive line tells all: the man’s way of living

is very depressing and unbearable, which is not surprising, considering the man in this song is a

victim of the Great Depression.

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“lookin’ for a job at honest pay.”

“My children need 3 square meals a day/ It takes a 10-dollar shoe to fit my feet/ your two-dollar shoe hurts my feet.”

This excerpt states that during this time period it was

almost impossible for a farmer to make a living for himself, let alone for his family.

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