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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.

“Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie (Okemah, 14 de julho de 1912 — Nova Iorque, 3 de outubro de 1967) foi um cantor e compositor americano de folk music. Seu legado musical é composto por centenas de músicas, baladas e obras improvisadas que abrangem desde temas políticos, músicas tradicionais até canções infantis. Guthrie tocava frequentemente com sua guitarra que possui o slogan "This machine kills fascists" ("Esta máquina mata fascistas"). É talvez mais bem conhecido por sua canção "This Land Is Your Land", regularmente cantada nas escolas americanas. Muitas de suas músicas gravadas estão arquivadas na Biblioteca do Congresso, nos Estados Unidos.

Guthrie viajou com trabalhadores migrantes de Oklahoma para a Califórnia e aprendeu canções de folk e blues tradicionais. Suas canções contam suas experiências na Dust Bowl durante a Grande Depressão.”