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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:21 PM
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They're singing the "controversial" last stanza....
Edited on Sun Jan-18-09 04:23 PM by WCGreen
Makin' Woody Proud...

Chorus:
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

Chorus

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

Chorus

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

Chorus

As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!

Chorus

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.

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mucifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:22 PM
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1. Go Pere!
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:23 PM
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2. The other side didn't say nothing
that sign was made for you and me! Go PETE! Pretty spry for over 90!
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Fovea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:25 PM
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3. The poet laureate of hard times
Woody.
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:25 PM
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4. THAT is my favorite lyric of
This land is your land and the most truthful!!

Rarely is it sung in public.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:27 PM
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5. Thanks for posting the lyrics...
Only the first one is familiar...

These are stunning...

And so very appropriate for our time...

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MadMaddie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:56 PM
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6. I loved it...very fitting for the journey we are about to begin!!
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Libertyfirst Donating Member (583 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 05:00 PM
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7. Woody and that last stanza made it all America's day. He has always
provided a voice for those who needed to be heard.
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