Lovely song, but in my lack of englisheducation I misundersatood the line: ", The oranges piled in their creosote dumps" as I heard: "....oranges piled in their CRAY OF SAWDUST..."cray" was a wooden box i thought and "sawdust" used to fill and cushing the fruit.... Cray is not a word as it seems, perhaps I thought of "cradle"...
Swedes are better at hockey and producing blonde women ;)
@dpmcf yes, I thought the verse looked like this: "-The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting, the oranges are piled in their cray of sawdust.."
And i saw a wooden structure filled with sawdust and fruits ;)
@SwedishDylan It is toxic, and the purpose was to destroy the fruit with creosote, so as to drive up the prices on what remained viable for sale. This kind of thing, deliberately allowing fruit to rot, or to destroy it by burning, is standard practice with capitalism.
(Creosote is oily and used to preserve wood from termites- it was used to on fence posts and phone poles.) You can check the introduction to Deportee on TimMcMullen's Channel; he gives the history behind the song.
My father was an illegal in Canada from Punjab. He managed to smuggle in his wife and all of his children were born in Quebec, Canada, where, in spite of the wealth we've brought to the province, we are still unwanted outsiders. I suggest that we just pull up stakes and move to Toronto or British Columbia.
And now in the USA , the old hatreds are back, if they ever left.
@TheBluegrass1958 CORRECT! I should have said something like the misguided, prejudiced government of Canada refused to give my Dad the status of "human being," which, of course, he was. I wrote the previous comment before I had learned not to call anyone"illegal." It won't happen again.
I can believe that, Stannage17. Mexicans and Irishfolk share parallel lives. Do you know the beautiful story of St. Patrick's batallion in the Mexican-American war?
The Irish have a kinship with this song... Nearly all the Irish versions ring truer than the American ones. This is a song about injustice and oppression. No surprise.
This is MAGNIFICENT. *tears streaming*
Woody Guthrie's 1941 poem may be more relevant today than it was, when he wrote it, and when Marty Hoffman set it to music in. Think on the plight of the asylum-seekers in our lands.
Perhaps it is time for us to sing this song again?
Great version of a great song!
favfern1 1 month ago
only dylan´s version is more legendary..
watch?v=3QA3dOsBwAQ
karim56 3 months ago
Lovely song, but in my lack of englisheducation I misundersatood the line: ", The oranges piled in their creosote dumps" as I heard: "....oranges piled in their CRAY OF SAWDUST..."cray" was a wooden box i thought and "sawdust" used to fill and cushing the fruit.... Cray is not a word as it seems, perhaps I thought of "cradle"...
Swedes are better at hockey and producing blonde women ;)
SwedishDylan 4 months ago
@SwedishDylan
Excellent explanation. I was puzzled by that, but it is preceded by 'the peaches are rotting'??
dpmcf 1 week ago
@dpmcf yes, I thought the verse looked like this: "-The crops are all in and the peaches are rotting, the oranges are piled in their cray of sawdust.."
And i saw a wooden structure filled with sawdust and fruits ;)
I still havent looked up the word creosote!!
Isnt "creosote" something toxic?
SwedishDylan 2 days ago
@SwedishDylan It is toxic, and the purpose was to destroy the fruit with creosote, so as to drive up the prices on what remained viable for sale. This kind of thing, deliberately allowing fruit to rot, or to destroy it by burning, is standard practice with capitalism.
(Creosote is oily and used to preserve wood from termites- it was used to on fence posts and phone poles.) You can check the introduction to Deportee on TimMcMullen's Channel; he gives the history behind the song.
Cyallaire 2 days ago
My father was an illegal in Canada from Punjab. He managed to smuggle in his wife and all of his children were born in Quebec, Canada, where, in spite of the wealth we've brought to the province, we are still unwanted outsiders. I suggest that we just pull up stakes and move to Toronto or British Columbia.
And now in the USA , the old hatreds are back, if they ever left.
When will we all learn?
MaiHarinder 11 months ago
@MaiHarinder
No person walking this planet is illegal.
TheBluegrass1958 2 weeks ago
@TheBluegrass1958 CORRECT! I should have said something like the misguided, prejudiced government of Canada refused to give my Dad the status of "human being," which, of course, he was. I wrote the previous comment before I had learned not to call anyone"illegal." It won't happen again.
MaiHarinder 2 weeks ago
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larean57 1 year ago
I can believe that, Stannage17. Mexicans and Irishfolk share parallel lives. Do you know the beautiful story of St. Patrick's batallion in the Mexican-American war?
larean57 1 year ago 2
@larean57 The guy the Zorro story was based on was an Irishmen. Look it up.
MrFlathatter 2 months ago
The Irish have a kinship with this song... Nearly all the Irish versions ring truer than the American ones. This is a song about injustice and oppression. No surprise.
This is MAGNIFICENT. *tears streaming*
Woody Guthrie's 1941 poem may be more relevant today than it was, when he wrote it, and when Marty Hoffman set it to music in. Think on the plight of the asylum-seekers in our lands.
Perhaps it is time for us to sing this song again?
Stannage17 1 year ago 8
Sean Cannon has a voice to die for . . .
MrBillgreaves 2 years ago 2
Only fantastic!!!
fanofLukeKelly 2 years ago