“This Land is Your Land”: The Forgotten Verses (Know Your History) | Mickey Z.

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Mickey Z. -- World News Trust

July 1, 2014

If you were to open your mouth and belt out the words “this land is your land,” you could rest assured that someone nearby would add: “this land is my land.”

The chorus to Woody Guthrie’s 1940 classic is common knowledge… as are the first couple of verses, especially:

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

But it isn’t until you get to the later verses -- the verses often omitted from official versions -- that you start comprehendin’ what good ol’ Woody (1912-1967) had in mind:

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[Lindsay]

1. K&R

Always good to be reminded of what Woody had to say.

[dhill926]

2. enthusiastic K & R...

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Kicking. nt