“I'm just a lonesome traveler, The Great Historical Bum.”

— Woody Guthrie

The Columbia River Collection (1941), Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done
Context: I'm just a lonesome traveler, The Great Historical Bum.
Highly educated from history I have come.
I built the Rock of Ages, 'twas in the Year of One
And that was about the biggest thing that man had ever done.
I worked in the Garden of Eden, that was the year of two,
Joined the apple pickers union, I always paid my due;
I'm the man that signed the contract to raise the rising sun,
And that was about the biggest thing that man had ever done

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