[lbo-talk] This Land vs God Bless

Gary? slade.g at gmail.com
Sun Aug 28 09:10:59 PDT 2005


On 8/28/05, andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Is this a hard question?


> This land is your land, this land is my land
> >From California, to the New York Island


>
> God Bless America
> Words and music by Irving Berlin
>

Berlin is rejoicing in his country and faith, I can make excuses for him but Guthrie shows a mean possesiveness of a land that is not his or anybody elses, this song being written just fifty years after Wounded Knee. The original lyric also contained

'God blessed America for me.' although it was removed from the final version.

Gary? ride si sapis



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