G C D G [Verse 1]C G The crops are all in and the peaches are rottingD G The oranges are packed in their creosote dumpsC G They're flying them back to the Mexican borderD G It takes all their money to wade back again [Chorus]C G Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye RosalitaD G Adios mi amigos, Jesus y MariaC G You won't have a name when you ride the big airplaneD G C D G All they will call you will be 'Deportee' [Verse 2]C D My father's own father, he waded that riverD G They took all the money he made in his lifeC G My sisters and brothers come work in the fruit treesD G Rode that truck till they went down and died [Verse 3]C G Some of us are illegal and others not wantedD G Our work contract's out and we have to move onC G Six hundred miles to the Mexican borderD G They chase us like rustlers, like outlaws, like thieves [Chorus]C G Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye RosalitaD G Adios mi amigos, Jesus y MariaC G You won't have a name when you ride the big airplaneD G C D G All they will call you will be 'Deportee' [Verse 4]C G The sky plane caught fire over Los Gatos canyonD G A fireball of thunder that shook all the hillsC G Who are all these dear friends, scattered like dry leavesD G The radio says, "They are just deportees" [Verse 5]C G Is this the best way we can raise our good orchards?D G Is this the best way we can grow our good crops?C G To die and be scattered, to rot on my topsoilD G And be called by no name except "Deportees"? [Chorus]C G Goodbye to my Juan, goodbye RosalitaD G Adios mi amigos, Jesus y MariaC G You won't have a name when you ride the big airplaneD G C D G All they will call you will be 'Deportee'
Deportee Plane Wreck At Los Gatos
Judy Collins
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