A famous American folk song, 1956
Words and music by Woody Guthrie
The sheet music:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- This land is your land, and 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 that ribbon of highway
And 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
All around me, a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me - One bright Sunday morning in the shadows of the steeple
By the Relief Office I seen my people
As they stood there hungry, I stood there whistling
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 - 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 - 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
Sung here by Laurence Rubenstein: