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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 a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me.
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.
I've roamed and rambled and I've 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.
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.
The sun comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me.
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 walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side. . it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!
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.
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.
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.
Information About This Land is Your Land
"This Land Is Your Land" is a famous American folk song. Folk singer Woody Guthrie wrote the lyrics for this song in 1940 as a response to "God Bless America" written by Irving Berlin, which according to Guthrie was complacent and unrealistic.
The melody of "This Land Is Your Land" bears some resemblance to the melody of the Baptist gospel hymn "Oh, My Loving Brother".
The songs popularity has been enhanced by recorded versions from artists such as Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
For further information about the song ' This Land Is Your Land" you may find Wikipedia helpful.
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© 1956 (renewed 1984), 1958 (renewed 1986) and 1970 TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI).
words and music by Woody Guthrie.