I'm posting a song a day from the Rise Up Singing songbook, which you may or may not know. It's a pretty invaluable resource for song leaders, and useful for anyone who likes to sing in groups. The book doesn't include the melodies to the songs, just the lyrics and some chords, so I’m trying hard to find the tunes I don’t know, learn them, and post them on YouTube for anyone to learn. That’s where these videos are hosted; the blog is just pretty packaging.
Monday, November 17, 2008
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
Words by Woody Guthrie
Music by Martin Hoffman
Rise Up Singing chapter: Farm & Prairie, p.50
D - G D / / G - D - / - - G D
Here's an article from 1948 about the plane crash that inspired Guthrie's poem (later set to music by Martin Hoffman).
http://www.picacho.org/interest/dc3-coalinga-record_1-29.html
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