Do Re Mi Lyrics

Do Re Mi - Woody Guthrie with his Guitar

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 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

You 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