Tulare Dust Song Lyrics and Chords by Merle Haggard
Tulare Dust
Written and Recorded by Merle Haggard
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Tulare dust in a
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farm boy's nose
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Wondering where the
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freight train goes
Standing in the field by the
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railroad
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Cursing this strap on my
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cotton
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I can
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see mom and dad with
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shoulders
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Both of 'em picking on a
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double
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They do it for a living
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because they must
That's
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life like it is in the Tulare
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dust
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The California sun was something new
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That winter when we arrived in '42
And I can
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still remember how my
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daddy
cussed
The
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tumbleweeds here in the
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Tulare
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The valley fever was a coming fate
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To the farm workers here in the Golden State
And I
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miss Oklahoma but I'll
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stay if I must
And
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help make a living in the
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Tulare
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Repeat #1
FAQ
Who sang the the song Tulare Dust?
- The song Tulare Dust was sang by Merle Haggard.
Who is Merle Haggard?
- Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 - April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler.
Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth. After being released from San Quentin State Prison in 1960, he managed to turn his life around and launch a successful country music career. He gained popularity with his songs about the working class that occasionally contained themes contrary to anti-Vietnam War sentiment of some popular music of the time. Between the 1960s and the 1980s, he had 38 number-one hits on the US country charts, several of which also made the Billboard all-genre singles chart. Haggard continued to release successful albums into the 2000s.
He received many honors and awards for his music, including a Kennedy Center Honor (2010), a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award (2006), a BMI Icon Award (2006), and induction into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1977), Country Music Hall of Fame (1994) and Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame (1997). He died on April 6, 2016—his 79th birthday—at his ranch in Shasta County, California, having recently suffered from double pneumonia.
