are often excluded. Pete vowed on Woody's death bed, that whenever he sang it he would include them.

Here are the ENTIRE lyrics to the song:
Now sing it. IN HARMONY!

Chorus:
This land is your land This land is my land
From California to the New York island;
From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and Me.

As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway:
I saw below me that golden valley:
This land was made for you and me.

Chorus

I've roamed and rambled and I 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.

Chorus

When the sun came shining, and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me.

Chorus

As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.

Chorus

In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?

Chorus

Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.

Chorus x2

(Extra verse written by Pete in 2013)
New York is my home,
New York is your home,
From the upstate mountains
Down to the ocean foam
With all kinds of people
Yes, we're polychrome
New York was meant to be frack-free!

Though years before he had died Pete had stated that he had regretted siding with the communists, he had remained involved in all kinds of causes for human equality, the environment, as well as peace and justice.

I miss him like a grandpa. This year was the first year at the Great Hudson River Revival that he was not there. There was a Pete and Toshi Seeger memorial, where people could see and share stories with one another about the two. At any rate, I have been volunteering for that festival 32 years, and it's just not the same without Pete and Toshi.

People remember Pete, but they hardly ever talk about Toshi, Pete's wife, and anchor. I think that I liked Toshi more. I know that I miss her more. The two were like my second set of parents.

You know, when I was growing up. We sang This Land is Your Land in assembly along with The Star Spangled Banner, and God Bless America. This Land is Your Land was by far the most interesting one to me, even though I found out that a 4th cousin wrote the Star Spangled Banner. It was This Land is Your Land that started me to look into other songs written by Woody Guthrie, later in my early teens, and sort of how I found out more about Pete. Once I found out about Woody, and all that he had done, the Almanac Singers, and the Weavers, it was the start of my activism.
I met up with the Seegers, when I joined the Beacon Sloop Club, back in '82. I was impressed with the Hudson River Revival, organized by the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, whose mission is to keep the Hudson River clean. The organization was founded by Pete and others. (see http://www.clearwater.org for more info) So the Sloop Club has monthly pot luck dinners on the first Friday night, which lead up to the monthly meeting, followed by a sing-along. It's sort of a round-robin affair, where anyone can lead a song, and everyone is encouraged to participate. I learned a whole lot of new songs, I learned how to sail, and fought more and more for our Hudson River, as well as a lot of other things.
During the years of the Iraq war, Pete would stand out on the intersection of route 9 and route 9D with the protestors who kept a weekly vigil. Granted Pete only did it when he was in town, but he was there in all kinds of weather.
Once, I heard about a union rally in our area, and that Pete was going to be there. It was in the dead of winter. I thought that if Pete was there, and he was 90 something, I surely could attend. I encouraged others, including a few co-workers to show up representing our local.
This song has been my national anthem for as long as I can remember, and the memories of those who I have sang it with, and inspired my lifelong activism shall keep me being an activist, doing what I can to make this country, and this world a better place for WE THE PEOPLE.