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This Land Is Your Land

June 23, 2016 By Jessica Lily

23 Jun

by Woody Guthrie

© Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc. & TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. BMI

www.WoodyGuthrie.org

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND

CHORUS:

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulfstream Wa-ters
This land was made for you and me

VERSE 1:

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

VERSE 2:

I 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

VERSE 3:

There was a great high wall there that tried to stop me
There was a great big sign there says PRIVATE PROPERTY
But on the back side, it didn’t say nothing
That side was made for you and me

VERSE 4:

When the sun came shining, then 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:

Esta tierra es tuya, esta tierra es miya
Desde el horizonte hasta la otra orilla
Desde las montañas, costas, rio y valles
Esta tierra es para ti y para mi

VERSE 5:

One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple
By the Relief Office, I saw my people
As they stood there hungry, I stood there wondering
If this land was made for you and me

VERSE 6:

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

2018 GVP Students @ Shabbat Shirah w/Congregation Bet Haverim
2017 GVP Students
2014 GVP Students

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