This Land Is Your Land
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
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.
I’ve roamed and rambled and I 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.
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 it said “No Trespassing.”
But on the other side it didn’t say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I 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 that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.
Categories: #Photography, Harbors, Marilyn Armstrong, Mountains, Music
It’s quintessential Pete Seeger — nicely sung, and well accompanied by photos of the land that was made for you and me!
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Is this 1968? Are we about to have an actual civil war? Because I have an ugly feeling that’s what’s happening.
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I’ve always liked that song 😀
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I have always thought it should be our REAL national anthem!
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Your photos do it justice, Marilyn. It is a beautiful country.
Leslie
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Thank you. I’m not sure ANY photographs would be perfect, but I did my best and I love the song.
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You take beautiful photographs.
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I keep trying 🙂 In with the great ones, there are an awful lot of duds. I’ve decided that this is the way of art. You do one great one and two dozen “meh” pieces.
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What a lovely post.
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I needed something lovely and upbeat. My brain is disintegrating.
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It’s lovely and your photos are just the right fit.
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