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This Land Is Your Land (1940)
by Woody Guthrie
40404This Land Is Your Land1940Woody Guthrie



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    AS I WAS WAL -- KING THIS RIB -- BON OF HIGH -- WAY 
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    THIS LAND IS MADE FOR YOU AND ME
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This land is your land, this land is my land Woody Guthrie 10 of the Woody Guthrie songs - Our Land.png

"10 of Woody Guthrie's Songs" edition.

CHORUS:
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 that ribbon of highway
And saw above me that endless skyway,
And saw below me the golden valley, I said:
   This land was made for you and me

CHORUS

I roamed and rambled and 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

CHORUS

Was a high wall there that tried to stop me
A sign was painted said: Private Property,
But on the back side it didn't say nothing —
   This land was made for you and me

CHORUS

When the sun come shining, then I was strolling
In wheat fields waving and dust clouds rolling;
The voice was sounding as the fog was lifting:
   This land was made for you and me

CHORUS

One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple
By the Relief Office I saw my people —
As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if
   This land was made for you and me

CHORUS


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