How Can You Keep On Moving (Unless You Migrate Too)
The Dust Bowl protest song that opens Into the Purple Valley.
Ry Cooder, from Into the Purple Valley (1972)
- Written by
- Agnes "Sis" Cunningham
- Released
- 1972
- Album
- Into the Purple Valley
Agnes "Sis" Cunningham wrote the song about the Okies who were not welcomed when they migrated west to escape the Dust Bowl of the 1930s. It opens Into the Purple Valley at 2:25, and Cooder gave it a rousing but satirical march accompaniment.
More songs by Ry Cooder
Ai Du, Diaraby, Little Sister, Chan Chan
Sources
- Into the Purple Valley, Wikipedia
- Ry Cooder, Wikipedia