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This Land Is Your Land

Woody Guthrie
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THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND

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.
THIS LAND IS NOT OUR LAND

As I was walking an endless breadline,
My landlord gave me a two-week deadline.
The local paper printed a better headline:
"This Land Is Not For You And Me!"

This land is their land. It is not our land.
From your plush apartment to your Cadillac car land,
From your Wall Street office to your Hollywood star land,
This land is not for you and me.

And take your slogan and kindly stow it.
If this is our land, you'd never know it.
Let's get together and overthrow it.
This land was made for you and me.


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