From the man wrote “this machine kills fascists” on his guitar. I wonder why the kids don’t know all these lyrics? They certainly didn’t appear in my own songbook of American folk music.<\/p>\n
This Land is Your Land – Woody Guthrie<\/p>\n
This land is your land, this land is my land
\nFrom California, to the New York Island
\nFrom the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
\nThis land was made for you and me<\/p>\n
As I went walking a ribbon of highway
\nI saw above me an endless skyway
\nI saw below me a golden valley
\nThis land was made for you and me<\/p>\n
This land is your land, this land is my land
\nFrom California, to the New York Island
\nFrom the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
\nThis land was made for you and me<\/p>\n
I’ve roamed and rambled and I’ve followed my footsteps
\nTo the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
\nAnd all around me a voice was sounding
\nThis land was made for you and me<\/p>\n
This land is your land, this land is my land
\nFrom California, to the New York Island
\nFrom the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
\nThis land was made for you and me<\/p>\n
The sun comes shining as I was strolling
\nThe wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
\nThe fog was lifting a voice come chanting
\nThis land was made for you and me<\/p>\n
This land is your land, this land is my land
\nFrom California, to the New York Island
\nFrom the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
\nThis land was made for you and me<\/p>\n
As I was walkin’ – I saw a sign there This land is your land, this land is my land In the squares of the city – In the shadow of the steeple This land is your land, this land is my land Nobody living can ever stop me Other (possibly the original) alternate verses to the ones obviously left out at public school:<\/p>\n As I went walking, I saw a sign there; In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple; A quotation:<\/p>\n “This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright # 154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don’t give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that’s all we wanted to do.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the man wrote “this machine kills fascists” on his guitar. I wonder why the kids don’t know all these lyrics? They certainly didn’t appear in my own songbook of American folk music. This Land is Your Land – 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 went walking a…<\/p>\n
\nAnd that sign said ‘private property’
\nBut on the other side …. it didn’t say nothin!
\nNow that side was made for you and me!<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nFrom California, to the New York Island
\nFrom the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
\nThis land was made for you and me<\/p>\n
\nNear the relief office – I see my people
\nAnd some are grumblin’ and some are wonderin’
\nIf this land’s still made for you and me.<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nFrom California, to the New York Island
\nFrom the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
\nThis land was made for you and me<\/p>\n
\nAs I go walking that freedom highway
\nNobody living can ever make me turn back
\nThis land was made for you and me<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n And on the sign there, It said, ‘NO TRESPASSING.’
\n But on the other side, It didn’t say nothing.
\n That side was made for you and me. <\/p>\n
\n By the relief office, I’d seen my people.
\n As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,
\n Is this land made for you and me.<\/p>\n