- Written by
- Woody Guthrie
- Language
- English
- ISWC
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T-070.247.297-6 BMI, ISWC
- Comments
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Based on a song called "God Blessed America" which he wrote on February 23th, 1940. For the first recording in 1940 the lyrics were changed and the song was renamed "This Land Is Your Land". For his 1947 recording Woody changed the lyrics again. The melody is almost the same as 'When the World's on Fire' (1930) by The Carter Family, in itself based on Blind Willie Davis's 'Rocks of Ages' (1928).
Lyrics start out -
This land is your land, this land is my land
From the 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 went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
And saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me
The song can be regionalized. Canadians perform a version where lines two and three are revised to:
From Bonavista to Vancouver Island,
From the Artic Circle, to the Great Lake waters, - Published by
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LUDLOW MUSIC INC
BMI
- Licensing
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Adaptations
An adaptation is a musical work, which uses elements (music or lyrics) from another musical work.
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This Land Is Your Land written by Woody Guthrie English April 1944
- Aquesta terra és la nostra terra written by Josep Maria Mainat, Toni Cruz, Miquel Àngel Pascual Catalan 1969
- Ta zem je tvá zem written by Antonín Hájek Czech 1970
- Dit land is jouw land written by Jan Rot Dutch April 13, 2010
- Ce coin de terre written by Pierre Cour French December 1963
- Dies Land ist dein Land written by Ernst Bader German 1965
- Dies Land ist mein Land written by Gerd Schinkel German May 2015
- חוזרים הביתה {hwzrym hbyth} written by Arik Einstein Hebrew 1969
- Det her er ditt land written by Håkon Ohlgren Norwegian 2012
- Ballada o Balladzie written by Wojciech Młynarski Polish November 27, 2012
- Esta tierra es nuestra written by [Unknown] Spanish June 17, 2013
- Det här är ditt land written by Lil Yunkers Swedish 1963
- En minut av det som var written by Gunnar Ekman Swedish 1972
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Det här är ditt land
written by Mikael Wiehe
Swedish
2000
- Det här är ditt land written by Mikael Wiehe, Petter, Daddy Boastin, Feven, ADL Swedish 2001
- Mae'n Wlad i Mi written by Dafydd Iwan, Edward Morus Jones Welsh 1966
- Dos land is dayn land written by Daniel Kahn Yiddish May 12, 2023