[lbo-talk] This Land vs God Bless

knowknot at mindspring.com knowknot at mindspring.com
Sun Aug 28 15:46:12 PDT 2005


't'was said:

> 'Guthrie's song [includes the lyrics: ]

>

>> "Was a big high wall there - that tried to stop me

>> A sign atop it - said 'Private Property'

>> But on the other side - it didn't say nothing

>> That side was made for you and me."

At the risk of appearing to want to put too fine a point on the matter, weren't these words written by Pete Seeger and added by him long after Guthrie wrote "This Land,etc." and not by Guthrie?



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