Here are the words:
Bend under those pails of water
Too heavy to stand-up straight
But today we irrigate the grain.
The distant sybil of rain
Another ephemeral promise unfulfilled …
We’ve looked to the east
And then we looked to the west
Wondering what we should do,
To limit the dust wind’s damage
In case the rain failed once again …
Now, as we take the short shaded lane
The dust flies into our eyes …
Kansas is just a dust bowl
I think we’ll soon leave these parts.
More Information about the depression and the great storms that created the dust bowl:
http://www.stockpickssystem.com/the-great-depression/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_Bowl
These were also the photo sources.
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