Sharon Jones – This Land Is Your Land

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Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Originally by Woody Guthrie

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, well, to the New York island
From the Redwood forest to the gulf stream waters
I tell ya, this land was made for you and me

As I went walking down that ribbon of a highway
I saw above me, oh, that endless skyway
Now I saw below me that golden valley
And I said, this land was made for you and me

As I was walking, now, they tried to stop me
They put up a sign that said, oh, it said, “Private Property”
Well, on the back side, you know it said nothing
So, it must be that side was made for you and me

One bright sunny morning, well, in the shadow of a steeple
Down by the welfare office, I saw my people
You know, now, they stood hungry, I stood wondering
I was wondering if this land was made for you and me

This land is your land, this land is my land
From Riverside, California, oh, to Staten Island
Well, oh, down to Modesto, Georgia, oh, don’t forget to say Philadelphia, oh
We moving on down to Mississippi, oh, Houston, Texas, ah LA

Yeah, you know, this land is your land, ah, this land is my land
This land is your land
You’ve got to believe, oh it’s my land
Ooh, this land was made for you and me, yeah
Oh, this land was made for you and me
Oh, this land, this land is your land
Ah, this land, this land is my land