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WOODIE GUTHRIE CALLED TO REMIND THE LANDLORDS

July 17, 2019 by

woodie Guthrie

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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. 

via woodieguthrie.org

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Comments

  1. Paul McGinnis says
    July 17, 2019 at 5:54 pm

    Word Up Bro!
    And if you’re not a mind reader too…

    Fuck Trump!!! And all his whiny ass kissin’ fools.

    I’m so glad there were and are, people more eloquent than me.

    Feel free to edit as required by the free press.

    • David Gillaspie says
      July 18, 2019 at 11:19 am

      Talked to Woody, he said no edit needed. When the rep from a Bronx district came out to say America is the land of the free and home of the brave, she was talking to kids who will remember her words in the future.

      The millennials hear her, GenX hears her. I hear her, you hear her. It’s a tempered American voice of the times to remind the nation that people value different things in who speaks for them. She’s a New Yorker used to the hustle and hum and willing to generate her own buzz. I was just a kid when Joan Baez was Judy Collins were the most riveting women in music and Alexandria feels like she shares the hopes and dreams in their songs.

      About the editing part, I would have added that his band wagon riding kids need to stay on the wagon and avoid saying anything more stupid than they already have. The youngest of the first set looks like those weird liver colored German birds dogs. Dude looks like he’s about to slobber in every shot.

      Did you see the pic of the hunter man and woman sitting behind a dead lion obviously posed for their kissy shot of King of the Jungle? DJ jr needs another manly hunting pic with his new squeeze. He has a new girl, doesn’t he? I read that he was dating someone his father approved of.

      And finally, about father approval. Maybe some of the other presidential daughters could welcome Mrs. K to a seminar detailing how to do the presidential daughter dance correctly. Maybe show little less of the Stepford Finishing School glaze.