Omaha Steve
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Sat Feb-23-08 09:39 AM
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Today in labor history February 23 (William Randolph Hearst, Woody Guthrie) |
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February 23
W.E.B. DuBois, educator and civil rights activist, born - 1868
The Journeyman Bakers National Union receives its charter from the American Federation of Labor - 1887
William Randolph Hearst’s San Francisco Examiner began publishing articles on the menace of Japanese laborers, leading to a resolution of the California legislature that action be taken against their immigration - 1904
Woody Guthrie wrote “This Land Is Your Land” following a frigid trip – partially by hitchhiking, partially by rail – from California to Manhattan. The Great Depression was still raging. Guthrie had heard Kate Smith’s recording of “God Bless America” and resolved to himself: “We can’t just bless America, we’ve got to change it” – 1940
Association of Flight Attendants granted a charter by the AFL-CIO - 1984
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Sat Feb-23-08 10:05 AM
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Sat Feb-23-08 10:48 AM
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2. A lot of people aren't familiar with the last two verses of this song. |
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Edited on Sat Feb-23-08 10:48 AM by no_hypocrisy
Try singing it and it seems timeless.
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND words and music by Woody Guthrie
Chorus: 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
Chorus
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
Chorus
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
Chorus
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!
Chorus
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.
Chorus (2x)
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