life:
Tomorrow would have been Woody Guthrie’s 100th birthday (he was born July 14, 1912) and in tribute to an utterly singular American life, LIFE.com presents photographs from 1943 — none of which appeared in the pages of LIFE magazine — chronicling the guitar-strumming Oklahoma native’s rambles through wartime New York City.
See the photos on LIFE.com here.
New Years Rulin’s, Woody Guthrie
1. Work more and better
2. Work by a schedule
3. Wash teeth if any
4. Shave
5. Take bath
6. Eat good – fruit – vegetables – milk
7. Drink very scant if any
8. Write a song a day
9. Wear clean clothes – look good
10. Shine shoes
11. Change socks
12. Change bed clothes often
13. Read lots good books
14. Listen to radio a lot
15. Learn people better
16. Keep rancho clean
17. Don’t get lonesome
18. Stay glad
19. Keep hoping machine running
20. Dream good
21. Bank all extra money
22. Save dough
23. Have company but don’t waste time
24. Send mary and kids money
25. Play and sing good
26. Dance better
27. Help win war – beat fascism
28. Love mama
29. Love papa
30. Love pete
31. Love everybody
32. Make up your mind
33. Wake up and fight