[rktman]

Just a rehash article about a song I have always hated. Progressive messages adding nuance to patriotism? Guess it depends on your daffynition of patriotism or progressive messages or nuanced................

[mylife]

Woodie was a commie.

[fieldmarshaldj]

"Few songs are more ingrained in the American psyche than "This Land Is Your Land,"

[albie]

Total commie tune. Worthless pos. Should be outlawed and replaced with “Proud to be an American”

[Secret Agent Man]

i do remember a variation i used tovsing in elementary school

this land is my land
this land ain’t your land
i got a shotgun
and you don’t got one
if you don’t get off
i’ll blow your head off
this land
is private property

somehow appropriate comsidering the governments we are under right now

[Mercat]

Our son has performed with The grandchildren of both Guthrie and Seeger. Made us a bit nervous, especially when Seeger’s grandson sang “I might be right, I might be wrong, I have the right to sing this song.” I think at that point Mr. Mercat, being a vet, got up and left. I went too. Since we were in Canada I pointed out later to our son that his friend had the permission to sing the song, not the right because- no 1st Amendment in Canada.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

He goes and steals some farmer's apples and then complains that the farmer reproves him for it.

Sadly as many small farmers will tell you this attitude is all too common.

Good fences (and a couple of guard dogs) make these people much better neighbors.

[Jeff Chandler]

"Few songs are more ingrained in the American psyche than "This Land Is Your Land,"

Unless, of course, you're less than 90 years old.

[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.

For the record, I enjoyed singing the song and it had no political influence on me. I suppose the Left noticed their early attempts were too feeble and intensified their message, thankfully after I left school.

[Rurudyne]

This land is my land,
It is not your land,
I’m a Citizen here,
You’re an Illegal Alien,
You better go home,
And hereabouts no longer roam,
This land is for those here legally.

[djpg]

The words and the music are like a nursery song.

Who are you and me? Does it include illegals?

I guess if you own private property, this land was not made for you, and your property should be taken away.

[Robert A Cook PE]

A staple of kiddie morning TV even back to the Captain Kangaroo days of the mid-60’s. And they knew it then.

[11th_VA]

The older I get, the more I realize songs carry different meanings for different people depending on the era and circumstances you hear the song.

During my 5th and 6th grade years in the public schools ('68-'69), we had a music teacher come in to school and lead us in song on the piano every week.

She happen to be our next door neighbor and I knew she was a committed Christian.

She would often rail, obliquely, about the social unrest and young protesters in the country at that time; and I remember this was one of her favorite songs, and she seemed to sing it as a protest against what was going on in the streets at the time.

Just my observation.

[mywholebodyisaweapon]

I prefer the 2004 Jibjab version.

[DoodleBob]

Sorry for children of the 80s THIS is the most famous protest song.

We're Not Gonna Take It

I am not saying it is a great song, but we ditched that folk crap for hair metal.

We've since grown up but sorry libs....nobody knows about or cares about Guthrie except that we know his son did that song we hear every Thanksgiving on classic rock stations. You lose. Good day sir.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

I actually like Claude King’s version better.

https://genius.com/Claude-king-this-land-of-yours-and-mine-lyrics

This Land Of Yours And Mine
Claude King

I have seen the warships on Manila Bay watched the sun a setting on the way
I’ve sailed the seven seas I’ve crossed the Great Divide
There’s nothing like this land of yours and mine
There’s nothing like this land yours and my land
From the New York harbor to the Frisco Bay
Up to Mississippi cross the wide Missoury
There’s nothing like this land of yours and mine
( flute )
I’ve stood alone in Texas I’ve seen the Broadway lights
Heard a lonesome freight train in the night
I’ve watched the tall corn grow heard a voice that whispers low
There’s nothing like this land of yours and mine
There’s nothing like this land...

[stinkerpot65]

Democrat socialist thugs.

[ifinnegan]

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.

[dfwgator]

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”

[forgotten man]

That song is one of the first things that illegal alien children learn in California public schools.

[The_Media_never_lie]

But there's more to "This Land Is Your Land" than many people realize—two 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.

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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.