Music for the study of the Vietnam War
collected by John J. Fitzgerald
Longmeadow High School
Longmeadow, MA 01106
(not to be sold)

"This Land is Your Land"

Woody Guthrie

Alternative original choruses

One bright sunny morning, in the shadow of the steeple,
By the relief office, I saw my people,
As they stood there hungry, I started to whistle,
This Land was made for you and me.

A great high wall there tried to stop me,
Great big sign said, "Private Property",
But on the other side, it didn't say nothing;
That side was made for you and me.

Copyright © Woody Guthrie/BMI

Cf. Guthrie, Woody. The Woody Guthrie Songbook. New York: Woody Guthrie Publications, 1976.
also, Hampton, Wayne. Guerrilla Minstrels. Knoxville, Tennessee: The University of Tennessee Press, 1986.