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"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".
- September 1, 1945
- Folk
- November 1944
- Woody Guthrie
[Verse 1] As I went walking that ribbon of highway. I saw above me that endless skyway. Saw below me that golden valley. This land was made for you and me. [Verse 2] I roamed and rambled and I...
Contact Publisher - TRO-Essex Music Group. 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;
Learn how folk icon Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land Is Your Land" as a response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" and how he included two controversial verses in the original draft. Discover how the song became a classic and a political statement over time.
