Come bring your hungry bodies to the golden fields of plenty
Besides we'd have to pay the double, bracero
Oh, welcome to California
Come pick the fruit of yellow, break the flower from the berry
From a peso to a penny, bracero
When the weary night embraces, sleep in shacks that could be cages
Where the friendly farmer will take care of you
There are others who are willing, bracero
Come labor for your mother, for your father and your brother
And the local men are lazy, and they make too much of trouble
They will take it from your wages, bracero
Come sing about tomorrow with a jingle of the dollar
Oh, welcome to California
In the shade of your sombrero, drop your sweat upon the soil
Like the fruit your youth can spoil, bracero
For your sisters and your lover, bracero
Oh, welcome to California
Purple grapes will fill your belly, bracero
And the sun will bite your body, as the dust will draw you thirsty
But if you feel you're fallin', if you find the pace is killing
And forget your crooked collar, bracero
Oh, welcome to California
Oh, welcome to California
Where the friendly farmer will take care of you
Where the friendly farmer will take care of you
While your muscles beg for mercy, bracero
Where the friendly farmer will take care of you
