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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI think that they should change the National Anthem to this:
This Land Is Your Land
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island,
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters;
This land was made for you and me.
As I was walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway;
I saw below me that golden valley;
This land was made for you and me.
I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
And all around me a voice was sounding;
This land was made for you and me.
When the sun came shining, and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me.
As I went walking I saw a sign there,
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing.
That side was made for you and me.
In the streets of the city, in the shadow of the steeple,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.
It certainly would go a very long way to bringing unity to the country, as far as I'm concerned.
And don't leave out the last three verses. They are the most important.
Karadeniz
(22,470 posts)malchickiwick
(1,474 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,598 posts)so I wouldn't mind a change.
That would be a good one.
mahina
(17,616 posts)This is great. How?
lame54
(35,262 posts)msongs
(67,360 posts)SlogginThroughIt
(1,977 posts)broiles
(1,367 posts)mtnsnake
(22,236 posts)It sure would get a lot more people joining in to sing it enthusiastically.
WhiskeyGrinder
(22,307 posts)was made for is hurtful to some in the Native/Indigenous community today.