Pete Seeger — This Land is Your Land Live at the University of Tulsa 1976

[Verse 1] As I went walking, the ribbon of highway I saw above me that endless skyway I saw below me that golden valley (Sing it out, now!) This land was made for you and me [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] Well, I roamed, and I rambled, and I followed my footsteps To the sparking sands of her diamond deserts While all around me, a voice was sounding This land was made for you and me (Everybody!) [Chorus] 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 [Interlude] Now, some of you are singing just beautifully But we need a little harmony All the high tenors And all the basses And the contramezzo-sopranos! Everybody's gotta get in on this, I mean everybody If there’s anybody who's not singin' Ohh, people’ll say, "Who're you?" Woody wrote a lot of verses that did not get in the school songbooks Here's one of them: [Verse 3] In the squares of the city, by the shadow of the steeple By the welfare office, I saw my people As they stood there hungry, I stood there whistling This land was made for you and me (Sing it out now!) [Chorus] 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 [Verse 4] Was a big high wall there, that tried to stop me Was a great big sign there, said "Private Property," But on the other side, it didn't say nothing This land was made for you and me (Yes!) [Chorus] 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 [Interlude] I think Woody would be glad that people are making up new verses to this all over I've heard verses in Spanish, from New Mexico Now that's a nice idea There 'ought to be verses in French, in German, in Italian, in Polish, in Yiddish In Choctaw, and Cherokee, and Kiowa also Ever hear this verse? [Verse 5] This land is your land, but it once was my land Before we sold you Manhattan Island You pushed our Nations to the reservations This land was stole by you from me [Interlude] Now, there was a friend of mine A fine young black singer name Jimmy Collier singing this in Washington, D.C., Back in 1968 in the Poor People's Campaign We were singing it together Up comes ol’ Henry Crow Dog, from the Suix Indian delegation He points his finger right in Jimmy’s chest He says, 'Hey, you’re both wrong, it belongs to me!' Jimmy stopped in the middle of the song Said, "Maybe we shouldn't be singin' this song." But Henry Crow Dog had a great sense of humor He says, "No, if we’re down here together, to get something done, let's all sing it!" [Chorus] 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 [Verse 6] Woodland and grassland and river shoreline To everything living, bugs and snakes and microbes Fin, fur, and feather, we're all here together (That's ecology) This land was made for you and me (One more time!) [Chorus] 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