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song lyrics
This Land
Is Your Land
Words and Music by Woody Guthrie
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.
5 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 10 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,
15 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, 20 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?
25 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.
Gulf Stream: a warm current in the North Atlantic flowing from the Gulf of Mexico northeast along the United States coast
skyway: a route used by airplanes
roam: to go to different places without having a particular purpose or plan
trespassing: the crime of going on someone’s land without permission
relief office: an agency during the Depression where the poor went for temporary assistance
Close Reading Workshop 5 • Close Reading of Informational Texts in Social Studies/History 3
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