Pastures of Plenty

Pastures of Plenty

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"Pastures of Plenty" is a 1941 composition by Woody Guthrie. Describing the travails and dignity of migrant workers, it is evocative of the world described in John Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath".

Recorded Versions

* Harry Belafonte
* Bob Dylan
* Ramblin' Jack Elliot
* Flatt and Scruggs
* Will Geer
* Kingston Trio
* Country Joe MacDonald
* Odetta
* The Alarm
* Solas
* Alison Krauss & Union Station

Published Versions

* Rise Up Singing page 55

Popular Culture

The phrase is used in a different context in the song "Talking Vietnam Pot-Luck Blues" by Tom Paxton.

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