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Sheet music. " This Land Is Your Land " is a song by American folk singer Woody Guthrie. One of the United States' most famous folk songs, its lyrics were written in 1940 in critical response to Irving Berlin 's "God Bless America". Its melody is based on a Carter Family tune called "When the World's on Fire".
[Verse 1] 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 [Verse 1] As I ...
Lyrics:This land is your land, this land is my landFrom California to the New York islandFrom the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream watersThis land was made ...
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Mar 1, 2017 · Written by Woody Guthrie as patriotic homage to the land of his birth, and her highest ideals. Sung by Elizabeth Mitchell.
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.
Originally titled "God Blessed America," Guthrie wrote this as a parody of Irving Berlin's " God Bless America ." When Guthrie started writing the song in 1940, the last line in the chorus was "God blessed America for me," which Guthrie eventually changed into "This land was made for you and me." It evolved into a protest anthem as generations ...
Feb 23, 2020 · For decades, 'This Land Is Your Land' been a staple of kindergarten classrooms 'from California to the New York island,' as the lyrics go. But Woody Guthrie didn't intend for the song to be a ...
Feb 15, 2012 · Woodrow Wilson Guthrie was born in 1912 in Okemah, Okla. He recorded "This Land Is Your Land" during a marathon April 1944 session in New York for Moses Asch, who founded Folkways Records. Guthrie ...
Mar 14, 2019 · On 'This Land Is Your Land,' Woody Guthrie's Anthem To Finding Home Woody Guthrie was born into the Dust Bowl's devastation and displacement. His signature song, taught in classrooms and sung at ...
[Verse 1] This land is your land and this land is my land From California to the New York island From redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me [Verse 4] When the ...
This land is your land, this land is my land. From California to the New York island; From the red wood 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.
