me b zola
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Fri Jul-27-07 12:59 AM
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THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND by Woodie Guthrie
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.
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 there, it said, 'No Trespassing.' But on the other side; it didn't say nothing! That side was 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?
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.
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Fri Jul-27-07 01:00 AM
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1. Much more uplifting that the Group W bench. :) |
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Fri Jul-27-07 01:06 AM
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2. Our National Anthem... |
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Fri Jul-27-07 01:15 AM
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3. Oh I'm so glad you weren't posting about that damn JibJab song! |
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Edited on Fri Jul-27-07 01:16 AM by tblue
I never read all the lyrics of the original song. Thanks for sharing.
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Fri Jul-27-07 01:17 AM
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4. Kicked and Recommended! |
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I wish I still believed this. I know it used to be true.
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Fri Jul-27-07 01:18 AM
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Fri Jul-27-07 01:35 AM
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10. It was with saddness that I posted |
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Edited on Fri Jul-27-07 01:51 AM by me b zola
I know that it seems disconnected, but it was the report about Pat Tillman that caused me to post.
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Fri Jul-27-07 01:37 AM
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Fri Jul-27-07 01:39 AM
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Fri Jul-27-07 01:17 AM
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5. we used to sing that in grade school |
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Fri Jul-27-07 04:45 AM
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That and "Leaving on a Jet Plane"..."Blowing in the Wind"...it's funny that now I see my music teacher in a whole new light than I did in 6th grade.
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Fri Jul-27-07 01:27 AM
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9. Pete Seeger is still singing that song |
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as is Arlo. If only Woody, The Weavers, and some of the others from the old days were still with us?
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Fri Jul-27-07 01:38 AM
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12. I'm a late comer to folk music |
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...but so glad that I have arrived.
I was listening to Dylan's version when I posted.
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Fri Jul-27-07 05:31 AM
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15. Thought you might be......lol. |
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Edited on Fri Jul-27-07 05:45 AM by edwardlindy
Here a few links for you: Woody's son Arlo singing that song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_HGDCj8hP0 Alternating Pete and Woody : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywo0zVhf39w&mode=related&search=
Recent one of Pete : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAiaWamv_1Q
Classic Pete union song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iAIM02kv0g&mode=related&search=
This is a classic from 1947 : To Hear Your Banjo Play http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1585962456964293309&q=banjo He's playing clawhammer style on a stretched neck Vega which tunes lower to suit his voice. There a rare clip of Woody in that film - singing Green back Dollar and John Henry
Now you're into folk do stick with it - lovely stuff. Find music from the '20s and work forward to stuff like Steve Earle's Christmas in Washington : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxCIUFO3zcM
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