This Land is Your Land

[me b zola]

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
by Woodie 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 is made for you and me.

As I go walking this ribbon of highway
I see above me the endless skyway
And all around me the wind keeps saying:
This land is made for you and me.

I roam and I ramble and I follow my footsteps
Till I come to the sands of her mineral desert
The mist is lifting and the voice is saying:
This land is 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 there, it said, 'No Trespassing.'
But on the other side; it didn't say nothing!
That side was made for you and me.

In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple;
By the relief office, I'd 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 my freedom highway
Nobody living can make me turn back
This land is made for you and me.

[BlooInBloo]

1. Much more uplifting that the Group W bench. :)

[losthills]

2. Our National Anthem...

[tblue]

3. Oh I'm so glad you weren't posting about that damn JibJab song!

I never read all the lyrics of the original song. Thanks for sharing.

[KitchenWitch]

4. Kicked and Recommended!

I wish I still believed this. I know it used to be true.

:cry:

[BlooInBloo]

6. It can be again.

[KitchenWitch]

7. you are right!

:hi:

[BlooInBloo]

8. :)

[me b zola]

10. It was with saddness that I posted

I know that it seems disconnected, but it was the report about Pat Tillman that caused me to post.

[KitchenWitch]

11. ...

I can relate!

:hug:

[me b zola]

13. ...

:hug:

[datasuspect]

5. we used to sing that in grade school

early 70s

[Horse with no Name]

14. Me too

That and "Leaving on a Jet Plane"..."Blowing in the Wind"...it's funny that now I see my music teacher in a whole new light than I did in 6th grade.

[Elwood P Dowd]

9. Pete Seeger is still singing that song

as is Arlo. If only Woody, The Weavers, and some of the others from the old days were still with us?

[me b zola]

12. I'm a late comer to folk music

...but so glad that I have arrived.

I was listening to Dylan's version when I posted.

[dipsydoodle]

15. Thought you might be......lol.

Here a few links for you:

Woody's son Arlo singing that song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_HGDCj8hP0

Alternating Pete and Woody : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywo0zVhf39w&mode=related&search=

Recent one of Pete : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAiaWamv_1Q

Classic Pete union song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iAIM02kv0g&mode=related&search=

This is a classic from 1947 : To Hear Your Banjo Play
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1585962456964293309&q=banjo
He's playing clawhammer style on a stretched neck Vega which tunes lower to suit his voice. There a rare clip of Woody in that film - singing Green back Dollar and John Henry

Now you're into folk do stick with it - lovely stuff. Find music from the '20s and work forward to stuff like Steve Earle's Christmas in Washington : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxCIUFO3zcM