Pastures of Plenty
| "Pastures of Plenty" | |
|---|---|
| Song by Woody Guthrie | |
| Language | English |
| Published | 1941 |
| Songwriter(s) | Woody Guthrie |
"Pastures of Plenty" is a 1941 composition by Woody Guthrie. Describing the travails and dignity of migrant workers in North America, it is evocative of the world described in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. The tune is based on the ballad "Pretty Polly", a traditional English-language folk song from the British Isles that was also well known in the Appalachian region of North America.
"Pastures of Plenty" was also the title of a book about Guthrie by Dave Marsh, including material written by Woody Guthrie, Pastures of Plenty: A Self-Portrait, published in 1990.