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Brother Buzz

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13. But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot if you ain't got the do re mi.
Fri Feb 24, 2012, 08:31 PM
Feb 2012
Do Re Mi
by Woody Guthrie

Lots of folks back East, they say, is leavin' home every day,
Beatin' the hot old dusty way to the California line.
'Cross the desert sands they roll, gettin' out of that old dust bowl,
They think they're goin' to a sugar bowl, but here's what they find
Now, the police at the port of entry say,
"You're number fourteen thousand for today."

Oh, if you ain't got the do re mi, folks, you ain't got the do re mi,
Why, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee.
California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see;
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot
If you ain't got the do re mi.

You want to buy you a home or a farm, that can't deal nobody harm,
Or take your vacation by the mountains or sea.
Don't swap your old cow for a car, you better stay right where you are,
Better take this little tip from me.
'Cause I look through the want ads every day
But the headlines on the papers always say:

If you ain't got the do re mi, boys, you ain't got the do re mi,
Why, you better go back to beautiful Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Georgia, Tennessee.
California is a garden of Eden, a paradise to live in or see;
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot
If you ain't got the do re mi.

could be -- Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #1
Of course it's Jealousy. Also the fact that we Californians are arrogant and tend to... Moonwalk Feb 2012 #5
Haters gotta hate. Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #8
Actually, it's only hated by the white people surveyed CreekDog Feb 2012 #21
Hawaii!!!????? Do they know about their socialist healthcare system? The cost of living? emsimon33 Feb 2012 #2
Hawaii? Hawaii's not a state! It's a breeding ground for... Moonwalk Feb 2012 #7
Up here in Ideeho, we don't much cotton to them Caleeforeigners movin' brewens Feb 2012 #3
I'm really surprised that New York isn't on the most hated... progress2k12nbynd Feb 2012 #4
New York's been getting a pass ever since that 9/11 incident. Moonwalk Feb 2012 #9
South Dakota has a pretty regressive tax system- no income tax -sales tax on food & a right wing libinnyandia Feb 2012 #14
Well whatever they're doing... progress2k12nbynd Feb 2012 #16
It works for some - the big banks, for example. A large part of the state is covered by Indian libinnyandia Feb 2012 #17
They hate our freedoms and they are jellus! n/t dimbear Feb 2012 #6
Is there something they have that the rest of the states don't have? marybourg Feb 2012 #10
I'm Heading West The River Feb 2012 #11
Welcome! abelenkpe Feb 2012 #12
I Was Home Ported The River Feb 2012 #18
But believe it or not, you won't find it so hot if you ain't got the do re mi. Brother Buzz Feb 2012 #13
This Land Is Your Land was written 72 years ago yesterday. I posted it to fb. libinnyandia Feb 2012 #15
I wonder why according to that survey people don't like Illinois. Louisiana1976 Feb 2012 #19
California, hated? ... bayareaboy Feb 2012 #20
They're right, you know. Le Taz Hot Feb 2012 #22
that reminds me I better clean the pool mitchtv Feb 2012 #23
Its fine by me.. AsahinaKimi Feb 2012 #24
Envy! We have it all (except warm water) Starboard Tack Mar 2012 #25
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