Woody Guthrie - Pretty Boy Floyd

The original folk song of the old folk singer woody guthrie.
hope you enjoy it!

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[cantecleer]

"...some will rob you with a sixgun, some will rob you with a fountain pen..." Considering the recent news about the "robo-signing" settlement (i.e., institutionalized robbery), I'm sad to say that Woody's words are as true today as the day he first sung them... The bankers and politicians who have driven men and women and families from their homes are the true criminals, not the drug addicts and victims of circumstance who fill our jails/prisons.

[Delia007]

Thanks. This is one of the all time great American songs.

[Scott Wilson]

"Pretty Boy Floyd"/ Guthrie/ 1940/ OK/ outlaw ballad: romanticizing the life and deeds of Charles Floyd who remains a familiar figure in American pop culture, sometimes seen as notorious, but at other times viewed as a tragic figure, partly a victim of hard times during the Depression

[Andreas Nahas]

His words have been true since the invention of the pen.

[Gabe Ferreira]

What a guy

[blackbeardednancy]

He also destroyed mortgage papers when he robbed banks, releasing families from debt.

[zack Starinskas]

gives me hope is what it does

[Gabe Ferreira]

Fascinating how people still celebrate an outlaw during the Great Depression, who exploited murdering law enforcement personnel.



[Kevin Jackson]

like this song because it's about my distant relative, Charles Arther Floyd AKA Pretty Boy

[Arkybark]

Sorry, my Dutch is only good enough to understand, not write (-: Smithsonian Folkways has released a set of CDs commemorating Woody's 100th birthday. There is are a fair few videos of his on YT but uploading of much of it may be blocked by copyright in NL, as it is in Germany.

[bofeces1]

my great grandmother always told me of the time my grandfather and her were hitchhiking and were picked up by pretty boy floyd. she said he was a nice of a man and even threw em a few bucks when he dropped em off

[dale t mellinger]

Sure could use a Pretty Boy Floyd today!