[lbo-talk] This Land vs God Bless

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No. Absolutely not. They are 10% Woody. Guthrie
insisted that baby Arlo learn them when he (WG) was
dying of Hodgkin's, wanted to make sure they were not
washed out of the song. Read Joe Klein'a biography --
writen, I guess, before Klein went neocon. ARlo tells
the story too. I also heard Pete tell it this way as
well. You have to remember tyhan WG was a real Commie
-- too irresponsible (and mentally ill) too be a
relibale dues-oaying member, but a lot more than a
fellow traveler. So was Pete of course, but Woody
wrote those lines.

--- knowknot at mindspring.com wrote:


> 
>   '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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