RANDOM JACK POETRY HOUR: HISTORY SERIES
Dust Bowl (History Series)
The dust rolled in like a giant wave
Sweeping the land and hills
Swallowing farms like morbid graves
Take cover and write your wills
Oklahomans lined up on the westward trail
To join the farm labor force
To them the American dream had failed
Leaving them without recourse
Mothers with their babes in arm
Fathers desperate to make a buck
Protect their children from all harm
Begging for work and praying for luck
Hard working women and men
Tossed out on a crowded road
Whole families rendered homeless
Like the family of ma and pa Joad
They lived in camps and rode the rails
Derided as ignorant no good bums
When they held a hand out for help
They were spit on and treated like scum
But they held their heads high
And they found a way
Hard times made them stronger
And they’re stronger to this day
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