<P> In addition to being a lament for the braceros killed in the crash, the opening lines of "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)": </P> <P> The crops are all in and the peaches are rott'ning, The oranges piled in their creosote dumps ." </P> <P> are another protest by Guthrie . At the time, government policies paid farmers to destroy their crops in order to keep farm production and prices high . Guthrie felt that it was wrong to render food inedible by poisoning it in a world where hungry people lived . </P> <P> "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" has been described by journalist Joe Klein as "the last great song he (Guthrie) would write, a memorial to the nameless migrants "all scattered like dry leaves" in Los Gatos Canyon ." The song has been recorded many times, often under a variety of other titles, including "Deportees", "Ballad of the Deportees", "Deportee Song", "Plane Crash at Los Gatos" and "Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee)". </P>

Lance canales & the flood - plane wreck at los gatos (deportee)