So Long
Words and Music by :  Woody Guthrie
Arranged and adapted by:
Publisher:  
Recorded by:
DeCormier Singers - RS897SD , RSS975

Lyrics:

I've sung this song, well I'll sing it again
Of the place where I lived on the wild windy plain
In a month called April, a county called Gray
Here is what all of the people there say, Well it's

So long it's been good to know you
So long it's been good to know you
So long it's been good to know you
This dusty old dust is a getting my home
And I've gotta be drifting along

The dust storm hit, it came like thunder
It dusted us over, it dusted us under
It blocked out the traffic and blocked out the sun
And straightway from home all the people did run, singing

So long it's been good to know you
So long it's been good to know you
So long it's been good to know you
This dusty old dust is a getting my home
And I've gotta be drifting along

The sweethearts sat in the dark and they sparked
They hugged and they kissed in that dusky old dark
They sighed they cried they hugged and they kissed
But instead of marriage, they were talking like this. Honey

So long it's been good to know you
So long it's been good to know you
So long it's been good to know you
This dusty old dust is a getting my home
And I've gotta be drifting along

The telephone rang and it jumped off the wall
That was the preacher a making his call
He said: "Kind friends this may the end
You got your last chance at salvation from sin!"

So long it's been good to know you
So long it's been good to know you
So long it's been good to know you
This dusty old dust is a getting my home
And I've gotta be drifting along

Well the churches was jammed the churches was packed
The dusty old dust storm it blew so black
That the preacher could not read a word of the text
So he folded his specs took up a collection. Said

So long it's been good to know you
So long it's been good to know you
So long it's been good to know you
This dusty old dust is a getting my home
And I've gotta be drifting along