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Bracero
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Phil Ochs
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Wade into the river, through the rippling shadow waters Steal across the thirsty border, bracero Come bring your hungry body to the golden fields of plenty From a peso to a penny, bracero Come labor for your mother, for your father and your brother For your sisters and your lover, bracero Come pick the fruits of yellow, break the flowers from the berries Purple grapes will fill your bellies, bracero And the sun will bite your body, as the dust will dry you thirsty While your musclеs beg for mercy, bracero In thе shade of your sombrero, drop your sweat upon the soil Like fruit your youth can spoil, bracero Welcome to California Where the friendly farmers will take care of you When the weary night embraces, sleep in shacks that could be cages They will take it from your wages, bracero Come sing about tomorrow with the jingle of the dollars And forget your crooked collars, bracero And the local men are lazy, and they make too much of trouble Besides we'd have to pay them double, bracero Ah, but if you feel you're falling, if you find the pace is killing There are others who are willing, bracero Welcome to California Where the friendly farmers will take care of you Da da da da da da da da Da da da da da da da da Da da da da da da da da Oh Da da da dum da dum da da Da da da dum da dum da da Da da da dum da dum da da Deh Da da da da da da Da da da da da da Da da da da Oh
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