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“This Land Is Your Land”: The Story Behind America’s Best-Known Protest Song(pfffttttt)
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| 6/30/2019
| Kenneth Partridge
Posted on 05/01/2020 10:50:48 AM PDT by rktman
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To: rktman
Guthrie wrote new words to a gospel song called “When the World’s on Fire”.
He used AP Carter’s arrangement and Maybelle Carter’s guitar playing.
Have a listen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxo-zayI6tE
Guthrie called it a Church House Lick.
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posted on
05/01/2020 11:43:28 AM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: DoodleBob
Or as the great band “Cracker” sang in “Teen Angst”
What the world needs now
Is another....Folk Singer
Like I need a hole in my head!
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posted on
05/01/2020 11:46:20 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Leaning Right
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posted on
05/01/2020 11:46:29 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Fishtalk
When I was growing up in Cali, it was taught in public schools, brainwashed in the 70’s. But I fondly remember this song. I don’t agree with the sentiment of Woody.
To: rktman
So basically “Signs” lyrically was a ripoff...
And the sign said anybody caught trespassin’ would be shot on sight
So I jumped on the fence and-a yelled at the house
“Hey! What gives you the right?”
“To put up a fence to keep me out or to keep mother nature in”
“If God was here he’d tell you to your face, man, you’re some kinda sinner”
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posted on
05/01/2020 11:47:59 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: dfwgator
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posted on
05/01/2020 11:48:48 AM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: 11th_VA
To: dfwgator
Yup. Hated that one as well. Perfect song for envirowankers.
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posted on
05/01/2020 11:55:35 AM PDT
by
rktman
( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
To: ifinnegan
Interesting This is an early version of Hey Joe by Billy Roberts.Also, checkout Niela Millers Baby dont go downtown, which she said Roberts stole. https://youtu.be/OmrGOXJMQj0
To: Fishtalk
They believe they will be the elites then, with no food lines and second mansions and numerous perks? Or, they hate their parents and want to destroy this country?
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posted on
05/01/2020 12:00:24 PM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
To: rktman
That song is one of the first things that illegal alien children learn in California public schools.
To: Dan in Wichita
I sang that song back in my 5th grade music class in 1970. Just goes to show you how far back the Left's brainwashing attempts go.
I was in kindergarten the same year and I also remember that tune. That, and "Puff the Magic Dragon" were the first songs I remember learning. That was in California, btw.
To: rktman
But there's more to "This Land Is Your Land" than many people realizetwo verses more, in fact. Guthrie's original 1940 draft of the song contains six verses, two of which carry progressive political messages that add nuance to the song's overt patriotism. These controversial verses are generally omitted from children's songbooks and the like, but they speak volumes about Guthrie's mindset when he put pen to paper 80 years ago.
I always looked upon Guthrie, at least in my more aware years, as a hygienically challenged irresponsible type who did not treat women well. I would be open to reading a biography, if I could find an unbiased one, and maybe my opinion might be changed.
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posted on
05/01/2020 12:13:34 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
( Stop the fearmongering! Post flu statistics along side COVID-19 statistics!)
To: Secret Agent Man
I started singing that when I saw the title.
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posted on
05/01/2020 12:16:46 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Parachutes are only anecdotally effective due to the lack of significant double blind testing.)
To: mylife
I never was to sure about Captain Kangaroo
Capt. Kangaroo turned out war effort cartoons for Uncle Sam in WW2. Saw some of his drafts in a Smithsonian display in the Museum of American History.
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posted on
05/01/2020 12:19:00 PM PDT
by
The_Media_never_lie
( Stop the fearmongering! Post flu statistics along side COVID-19 statistics!)
To: rktman
I loved this song sung by Peter, Paul, and Mary!!!
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posted on
05/01/2020 12:24:24 PM PDT
by
tallyhoe
To: The_Media_never_lie
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posted on
05/01/2020 12:24:33 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: The_Media_never_lie
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posted on
05/01/2020 12:24:33 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
To: Leaning Right
IIRC, the inscription “This Machine Kills Fascists” was seen during the Spanish Civil War on aircraft provided by the Soviet Union to fly supplies to the “Republican” (read: communist) side.
The Spanish Reds were the darlings of the literary & artistic set in this country (Ernest Hemingway, Dorothy Parker, etc.) even as they were murdering their way through areas of Spain under their control. They were a natural fit for folkies like Guthrey because they “said all the right things”.
However, it was Gen. Francisco Franco who finally prevailed, leading to the ironic saying that “although he may have won all the battles, we had all the good songs”.
Plug for Franco: kept Spain out of WWII, kept it from going communist, bequeathed a restored monarchy & democratic government upon his death, and now the socialists in Madrid are digging up his remains for relocation elsewhere. The Spanish Civil War is far from over.
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posted on
05/01/2020 12:29:03 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
To: tallyhoe
One of the men in Peter Paul and Mary was convicted of sexually molesting a child; and their hit recording of “If I Had a Hammer (and Sickle)” is a communist anthem.
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