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This Land Is Your Land

"This Land Is Your Land" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by Woody Guthrie in 1940 on an existing melody, in response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America," which Guthrie considered unrealistic and complacent. Tired of hearing Kate Smith sing it on the radio, he wrote a response originally called "God Blessed America for Me."[1] Guthrie varied the lyrics over time, sometimes including more overtly political verses than appear in recordings or publications. Image File history File links Wikisource-logo. ... The original Wikisource logo. ... “Folk song” redirects here. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, one of the most prodigious and famous American songwriters in history. ... God Bless America is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938. ... Kate Smith on the cover of a posthumous 1991 collection 16 Most Requested Songs Kathryn Elizabeth Smith (May 1, 1907 – June 17, 1986) was a Washington, D.C.-born singer best known for her rendition of Irving Berlins God Bless America. She greeted audiences with Hello, everybody! and signed...

Guthrie lifted the melody of "This Land Is Your Land" essentially note-for-note from "When the World's on Fire," a Baptist hymn recorded by country legends the Carter Family ten years earlier. However, some sources claim that a Carter Family original, "Little Darlin' Pal of Mine," was the source of the melody for "This Land." He wrote the song in 1940 and recorded it in 1944. The song was not published until 1951, when it was included in a mimeographed booklet of ten songs with typed lyrics and hand drawings. The booklet was sold for twenty-five cents, and copyrighted in 1945. Baptist is a term describing a tradition within Christianity and may also refer to individuals belonging to a Baptist church or a Baptist denomination. ... Maybelle, A.P. and Sara The Carter Family was a country music group that performed and recorded between 1927 and 1943. ...

The first known professionally printed publication was in 1956 by Ludlow Music (now a unit of The Richmond Organization), which administered the publishing rights to Guthrie's tune. Ludlow later issued versions with piano and guitar accompaniments. TRO, and its international affiliate Essex Music Group, exist today as one of the last major independent music publishers in the world. ...

In 2002, it was one of 50 recordings chosen that year by the Library of Congress to be added to the National Recording Registry. The Great Hall interior. ... The National Recording Registry is a list of sound recordings which are culturally, historically or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States. ...

Lyrics

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 is made for you and me.

As I go walking this ribbon of highway

I see above me the endless skyway

And all around me the wind keeps saying:

This land is made for you and me.

I roam and I ramble and I follow my footsteps

Till I come to the sands of her mineral desert

The mist is lifting and the voice is saying:

This land is made for you and me.

Where the wind is blowing I go a strolling

The wheat field waving and the dust a rolling

The fog is lifting and the wind is saying:

This land is made for you and me.

Nobody living can ever stop me

As I go walking my freedom highway

Nobody living can make me turn back

This land is made for you and me.

In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple;

By the relief office, I'd seen my people.

As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,

Is this land made for you and me?

As I went walking, I saw a sign there;

And on the sign there, it said, 'No Trespassing.'

But on the other side; it didn't say nothing!

That side was made for you and me.

A printing of unknown origin dated omitted the last two verses. The 1945 pamphlet (along with many modern printings that continue to omit this verse) has caused some question as to whether the song, as first composed by Guthrie, did in fact contain these two verses. Although it is impossible to say for certain, as the original manuscript is lost, both the Woody Guthrie Foundation[2] and his son, Arlo Guthrie, maintain that the last two verses are authentic[3].

Modern usage

The song was brought back to life in the 1960s, when several artists of the new folk movement, including Bob Dylan and Peter Paul and Mary, recorded versions, inspired by its political message. Bruce Springsteen also released a live version of it on Live/1975-85, in which he called it "about one of the most beautiful songs ever written." Numerous records have been released since. Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is a Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning American singer-songwriter, author, musician, and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... Peter, Paul and Mary (often PP&M) was one of the most successful folk-singing groups of the 1960s. ... Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. ... Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Live/1975-85 is a live album by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band. ...

George H. W. Bush used "This Land" as a campaign song in his runs for the Presidency. George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. ... Campaign songs are partisan ditties used in American political canvasses and more especially in presidential contests. ... The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. ...

Variations

In Canada, the song is sung with the first verse altered to make Canadian geographical references. This version was written and popularized by Canadian folk music group The Travellers in 1955.[4]: Canadian music includes pop and folk genres; the latter includes forms derived from England, France (particularly in Quebec), Ireland, Scotland, and various Inuit and Indian ethnic groups. ... The Travellers is a humorous Web Literature. ...

This land is your land, This land is my land,

From Bonavista, to Vancouver Island

From the Arctic Circle to the Great Lakes waters,

This land was made for you and me.

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The UK anarcho-punk band Zounds rewrote "This Land" for their 1981 debut LP, The Curse of Zounds, releasing a remixed CD single version as a fund-raising benefit in 2001 for the McLibel support campaign. The anarchy symbol commonly used by anarcho-punks Anarcho-punk (sometimes known as peace-punk) is a subgenre of the punk rock movement consisting of groups and bands promoting specifically anarchist ideas. ... Zounds were a UK anarchist band formed in 1977 from loose jamming sessions around the Reading area. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A remix is an alternative version of a song, different from the original version. ... CD may stand for: Compact Disc Canadian Forces Decoration Cash Dispenser (at least used in Japan) CD LPMud Driver Centrum-Demokraterne (Centre Democrats of Denmark) Certificate of Deposit České Dráhy (Czech Railways) Chad (NATO country code) Chalmers Datorförening (computer club of the Chalmers University of Technology) a 1960s... 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Helen Steel and David Morris, the defendants in the McLibel case, at the launch of McSpotlight. ...

In Ireland and western Scotland, many sing the song with these lyrics: Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II...

Chorus:

This land is your land, this land is my land

From the northern highlands to the western islands

From the hills of Kerry to the streets of (Free) Derry

This land was made for you and me

Chorus

As I was walking by the Shannon water

Hand in hand with my little daughter

The church bells ringing, and the children singing

This land was made for you and me

Chorus

So I walked her home by the old church steeple

Proud of my country, proud of my people

Of the men who tried there, of the men who died there singing

This land is made for you and me

Chorus

Then I climbed a mountain, saw the crystal fountain

And heard a great roar from the rocky sea shore

Her eyes were gleaming, she cried oho Daddy

This land was made for you and me

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This land is your land, this land is my land,

From the Himalaya, down to Cape Comorin.

From Bombay City to Old Calcutta -

This land is made for you and me.

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Parodies

• In 2004, the Web site JibJab featured a parody of the song, featuring John Kerry and George W. Bush singing altered lyrics[5], resulting in the Richmond Organization threatening legal action[6]. At this point, it was noticed that the copyright to the original 1945 publication had expired in 1973 and was not renewed as then required by copyright law.[7] The Richmond Organization settled with Jibjab shortly thereafter. It still, however, claims copyright on other versions of the song, such as those appearing in the 1956 and later publications. Legally, such claims only apply to original elements of the song that were not in the public domain version.

• An anti-imperialist version [8]:

This land is my land, and only my land

And I just take land if I can’t buy land

And if I spy land, well, then it’s my land.

This land was made for only me.

• The song is parodied in an episode of The Simpsons with the words changed to "This log is my log, this log is your log" in reference to a runaway giant redwood tree.
• It was also parodied in an episode of Friends when Joey meets a man he believes to be his "hand-twin," resulting in the lyric "This hand is my hand."
• The Tim Robbins film Bob Roberts includes a song in which the title character sings "This land is my land, this land is my land."

• A web site called History In Song lists what it calls a Native American version: [9]

This land is your land, it once was my land,

Before I sold you Manhattan Island;

You banished my nation, to the reservation,

This land was stolen by you from me.

The site also lists an anarchist version:

This land is their land, it isn't our land,

From the Wall Street office, to the Cadillac car-land;

From the plush apartments, to the Hollywood starland,

This land is not for you and me.

If this is our land, You'd never know it,

So take your bullshit, and kindly stow it,

Let's get together, and overthrow it,

Then this land will be for you and me.

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Media

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External links

• The Bound for Glory exhibit at the Museum of Musical Instruments includes images of Guthrie
• 1972 published version
• lyrics as copyrighted in 1956
• [http://www.arlo.net/resources/lyrics/this-land.shtml lyrics
• an early manuscript

Patriotic music of the United States

"America the Beautiful" • "Ballad of the Green Berets" • "Battle Cry of Freedom" • "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" • "Columbia, Gem of the Ocean" • "Eternal Father, Strong to Save" • "For The Dear Old Flag, I Die" • "God Bless America" • "God Bless the USA" • "Hail, Columbia" • "Hail to the Chief" • "The Liberty Bell" • "Lift Ev'ry Voice and Sing" • "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" • "Over There" • "PT-109" • "Stars and Stripes Forever" • "The Star-Spangled Banner" • "There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving" • "This is My Country" • "This Land Is Your Land" • "Yankee Doodle" • "The Yankee Doodle Boy" • "You're a Grand Old Flag" • "Fifty Nifty United States" • "When Johnny Comes Marching Home" The bombardment of Fort McHenry that inspired Francis Scott Key to write the lyrics for thenational anthem. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... America the Beautiful is an American patriotic song which rivals The Star-Spangled Banner, the national anthem of the United States, in popularity. ... Album cover Ballad of the Green Berets is a patriotic song in the ballad style about the Green Berets, an elite special operations force in the U.S. Army. ... Battle Cry of Freedom is a song written in 1862 by American composer George F. Root (1825–1895) during the American Civil War. ... The Battle Hymn of the Republic is a patriotic anthem, written by Julia Ward Howe, that was made popular during the American Civil War. ... Columbia, Gem of the Ocean is an United States patriotic song which was popular in the 19th and early 20th century. ... Eternal Father, Strong to Save, is a hymn often associated with the Royal Navy or the United States Navy. ... For The Dear Old Flag, I Die is a U.S. Civil War song. ... God Bless America is an American patriotic song written by Irving Berlin in 1918 and revised by him in 1938. ... God Bless the USA is an American patriotic song written by nationalist country musician Lee Greenwood. ... Hail, Columbia was the unofficial national anthem of the United States until its replacement in 1931 by the officially mandated Star-Spangled Banner. It was originally composed by Joseph Hopkinson in the late 18th century. ... Sheet music for the chorus to Hail to the Chief Hail to the Chief is the official anthem of the President of the United States. ... The Liberty Bell is an American military march composed by famous bandmaster John Philip Sousa in 1893, and is considered one of his finest works. ... African American flag Lift Evry Voice and Sing — often called The Black National Anthem — was written as a poem by James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) and then set to music by his brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954) in 1899. ... Wikisource has original text related to this article: America My Country, Tis of Thee, also known as America, is an American patriotic song. ... Over There is a 1917 song popular with United States soldiers in both world wars. ... PT-109 was a song by Jimmy Dean about the adventures of John F. Kennedy and the crew of the PT-109. ... The Stars and Stripes Forever is a patriotic American march. ... Nicholson took the copy Key had given him to a printer, who published it as a broadside on 17 September, 1814 under the title Defence of Fort McHenry, with a note explaining the circumstances of its writing. ... One of the most popular war songs, written during World War II is Paul Roberts and Shelby Carnells (Bob Miller) Theres A Star-Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere. ... This is My Country is an American folk song composed in 1940. ... Yankee Doodle is a well-known American song, often sung patriotically today . ... The Yankee Doodle Boy is a patriotic song from the Broadway musical Little Johnny Jones written by George M. Cohan. ... Youre a Grand Old Flag is a patriotic song of the United States. ... Fifty Nifty United States is an American patriotic song by Ray Charles. ... When Johnny Comes Marching Home (sometimes When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again) is a popular song of the American Civil War that expressed peoples longing for the return of their friends and relatives who were fighting in the war. ... Armed services: "The Army Goes Rolling Along" • "Anchors Aweigh" • "The U.S. Air Force" • "Marines' hymn" • "Semper fidelis" • "Semper Paratus" The Military of the United States, officially known as the United States Armed Forces, is structured into five branches consisting of the: United States Army United States Marine Corps United States Navy United States Air Force United States Coast Guard The U.S. Public Health Service and NOAA also have... The song was originally written by field artillery First Lieutenant (later Brigadier General) Edmund L. Gruber, while stationed in the Philippines in 1908 as the Caisson Song. ... 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