All they will call you Woody Guthries lyrics. When the craney when the plane crashed in 1940 eight, Woody Guthrie was in new york at the time, and one of the great folk rebellious icons that he is, he heard the news reports and he really was upset at the omission of these names. He had traveled to the San Joaquin Valley in the 1930s and 40s and was familiar with the plight of migrant farm. He was upset by the omission of the names. He said that is no way to treat our brothers and sisters and he wrote a poem about it. And in this poem, he attempts to restore the dignity of those anonymous passengers by giving them fake names. Assigning them names. And he said, goodbye juan, wonte rosalita you have a name when you write that big airplane. All they will call you will be deportation all they will call you will be deportee. And that really caught my attention. ,s that all they will call us because i, matt because i come from a family of farmworkers. Who is they, and who is all, and what do