View source for Track Pastures of plenty (id6007)

====Lyrics====
It's a mighty hard row my poor hands have hoed
My poor feet have traveled this hot dusty road
Out of your dustbowl and westward we rolled
Your deserts were hot and your mountains were cold 

I've worked in your orchards of peaches and prunes
Slept on the ground by the light of the moon
On the edge of your cities you'll see us and then
We come with the dust and we're gone with the wind 

California, Arizona, I've worked on your crops
Then northward up to Oregon to gather your hops
Dig the beets from your ground, take the grapes from your vine
To set on your table that light, sparkling wine 

Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground
From the Grand Coulee Dam where the waters run down
Every state in this Union the migrants have been
We'll work in your fight and we'll fight till we win 

It's always we ramble, that river and I
All along your green valleys I'll work 'til I die
Travel this road until death sets me free
For your pastures of plenty must always be free. 

<i>By Woody Guthrie, ©TRO/Ludlow Music. The tune is an adaptation of the traditional Appalachian song </i>
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|[[File:rca-pm45-3115.jpg|20px|x20px|alt=Peter Tevis - Pastures of plenty]] 
|[[album_Peter Tevis - Pastures of plenty_Vinyl-7- RCA PM45-3115 - Italy - 1962|Peter Tevis - Pastures of plenty]] (Vinyl-7" RCA PM45-3115 - Italy - 1962) ''[[edition_Peter Tevis - Pastures of plenty_Vinyl-7- RCA PM45-3115 - Italy - 1962|+re-released]]''

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|[[File:cd345.jpg|20px|x20px|alt=The Ennio Morricone Chronicles]] 
|[[album_The Ennio Morricone Chronicles_10CD BMG BVCM-37063 (74321-73717-2) - Japan - 2000|The Ennio Morricone Chronicles]] (10CD BMG BVCM-37063 (74321-73717-2) - Japan - 2000) 
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|[[File:cherryred-el-acmem244c.jpg|20px|x20px|alt=Morricone Pops]] 
|[[album_Morricone Pops_CD Cherry Red Él ACMEM244CD - United Kingdom - 2013|Morricone Pops]] (CD Cherry Red Él ACMEM244CD - United Kingdom - 2013) 
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|[[File:stardust-vogliamatta.jpg|20px|x20px|alt=La voglia matta]] 
|[[album_La voglia matta_Virtual Album Stardust Records - United States - 2013|La voglia matta]] (Virtual Album Stardust Records - United States - 2013) 
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|[[File:lumi-718356777.jpg|20px|x20px|alt=The Ennio Morricone Pop Collection, Vol. 1]] 
|[[album_The Ennio Morricone Pop Collection, Vol- 1_Virtual Album Lumi Entertainment 718356777 - Italy|The Ennio Morricone Pop Collection, Vol. 1]] (Virtual Album Lumi Entertainment 718356777 - Italy - 2013) 
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|[[File:Kunaki-tevis.jpg|20px|x20px|alt=Peter Tevis - Un pugno di... West]]
|[[Album Peter Tevis - Un pugno di... West CD-R Kunaki  - Canada - 2020|Peter Tevis - Un pugno di... West]] (CD-R Kunaki  - Canada - 2020)
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|[[File:recordingarts-076119006752.jpg|20px|x20px|alt=Per un pugno di dollari - A Fistful of Dollars]] 
|[[album_Per un pugno di dollari - A Fistful of Dollars_Virtual Album Recording Arts 076119006752 - Ita|Per un pugno di dollari - A Fistful of Dollars]] (Virtual Album Recording Arts 076119006752 - Italy - 2014) 
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|[[File:28697-1.jpg|20px|x20px|alt=The Dollars Trilogy]] 
|[[album_The Dollars Trilogy_4CD Recording Arts Retro Gold DEJ4 001 - Italy - 2015|The Dollars Trilogy]] (4CD Recording Arts Retro Gold DEJ4 001 - Italy - 2015) 
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|[[File:rarespaghetti4.jpg|20px|x20px|alt=Rare spaghetti Volume 4]] 
|[[album_Rare spaghetti Volume 4_CD-R Bootleg|Rare spaghetti Volume 4]] (CD-R Bootleg) 
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by '''Bob Hendrikx''' on 06/04/2021:<br />
'''Notes on Peter Tevis: PASTURES OF PLENTY (1962)'''
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|width="100%"| 2:37 – Pastures of Plenty<br />
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Authors: Guthrie/Traditional<br />
Composer: Traditional<br />
Composer, Lyricist: Woody Guthrie (1912-1967)<br />
Composer of the musical bridge (1:36 to 1:48): Peter Tevis (1937-2006)<br />
Orchestrator, Conductor: Ennio Morricone (1928-2020)<br />
Choir: Coro di Franco Potenza (1922-2011)<br />
Vocals: Peter Tevis<br />
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Originally released on vinyl single:<br />
Pastures of plenty / Notte infinita – RCA Italiana/Victor PM45-3115 – Italy – 1962 [http://bit.ly/1ZHGXHD link]<br />
Front: [https://bit.ly/2mQq7iv jpg]<br />
A-side label: "Guthrie – E. Morricone e la sua Orch. – Coro di F. Potenza" [https://bit.ly/2onW16e jpg]<br />
"Numero di catalogo PM45-3115 – Anno 1962" [https://bit.ly/3d1fj7g link]<br />
About the B-side song (Notte infinita): [http://bit.ly/1WfJtHD link]<br />
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Released on 10-CD:<br />
The Ennio Morricone Chronicles – BMG BVCM-37063-72 – Japan – 2000 (CD 3, track 22) [http://bit.ly/1hJO5Rp link] / [http://bit.ly/MVwpy4 link]<br />
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The melody of "Pastures of Plenty" is based on a traditional folk song called "Pretty Polly". [http://bit.ly/1TxQgFU link]<br />
Play "Pretty Polly", here sung by The Byrds (1968): [https://bit.ly/2OkTebj mp3]<br />
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The lyrics to "Pastures of Plenty" were written by Woody Guthrie in 1941. [http://bit.ly/1QXaDKF link]<br />
Play the original Woody Guthrie version: [https://bit.ly/39GDlDr mp3]<br />
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"Pastures of Plenty" has since been recorded in many different arrangements. Ennio Morricone's orchestration, with vocals by Peter Tevis, originates from 1962.<br />
Play the song: [https://bit.ly/31Ihkjk mp3]<br />
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In 1964 the same orchestration was used for the instrumental "Titoli" piece belonging to the soundtrack of the film PER UN PUGNO DI DOLLARI (aka A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS).<br />
See further: [http://bit.ly/1rEwcuY link]<br />
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