Woody's beautifully stirring and truly patriotic "Pastures of Plenty" extolling the virtues of the migrant workers, or "illegals," as they are now abusively called. They have always been at the heart of America's food production. The spirit of Cesar Chavez is in this song. Guthrie's song was relevant in the thirties, in the sixties, in the eighties, and never more so than in the everpresent....
