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Narrator: here isthe all-American canal.
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It runs through the desertfor miles
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Along the California-Mexicoborder.
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A monumentto the vision of man,
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The canal is the life-Givingartery of water
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That feedsthe vast farm empire
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Of the imperial valleyof southern California.
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Out of this desert wasteland,
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Man's industry has madea flourishing garden.
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Farming in imperial valleyis a great industry.
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Here a single fieldof prosaic carrots or lettuce
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Or flax or melons may be wortha half million dollars.
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This great agriculturalempire is important to the entire United States.
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Nature never waits.
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When the crops are ready,they must be harvested.
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This means manpower,a vast army of farm workers
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Who must be availablewhen needed,
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And this army of workers comesfrom our neighbor to the south--
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From Mexico--
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For the imperial valleyof California,
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Like many other farm areasof the great southwest,
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