[lbo-talk] This Land vs God Bless

andie nachgeborenen andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 28 01:15:42 PDT 2005


Is this a hard question?

This Land Is Your Land, by Woody 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 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

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

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

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

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

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 walkin' - I saw a sign there And that sign said 'private property' But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin! Now that side was made for you and me!

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

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.

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

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

God Bless America Words and music by Irving Berlin

"While the storm clouds gather far across the sea, Let us swear allegiance to a land that's free, Let us all be grateful for a land so fair, As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer. "

God Bless America, Land that I love. Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above.
>From the mountains, to the prairies,
To the oceans, white with foam God bless America, My home sweet home.

--- Gary? <slade.g at gmail.com> wrote:


> On 8/26/05, andie nachgeborenen
> <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > The quote is from Woody Guthrie's
> > This Land Is Your Land, which he wrote as an
> outraged
> > response to Irving Berlin's God Bless America.
>
> Which is the more offensive though ?
>
> Gary?
> ride si sapis
>
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