Am 14. Juli 2012 wäre Woody Guthrie 100 Jahre alt geworden. Tatsächlich starb er schon 55-jährig am 3. Oktober 1967 und hinterließ tausende Songs, hunderte von Texten und Notizen, einige Bücher und eine Gitarre, auf der stand: 'This Machine Kills Fascists.' Er verkörperte das suchende, denkende, kämpfende und empfindsame Amerika, das den 'american dream' anders versteht als die Mächtigen der Wallstreet. Er hat die Musiker- Generationen nach ihm stark beeinflusst; für Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Taj Mahal, Joan Baez, Fats Domino, Judy Collings, Bruce Springsteen, Bono, Emmylou Harris, Robbie Robertson und viele andere war er ein großer Inspirator.
This Land is Your Land
Quelle: Woody Guthrie - Topic
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 went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
Saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me
I roamed and rambled and I′ve 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
When the sun come shining, then I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The voice was chanting as the fog was lifting
This land was made for you and me
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
When the sun come shining, then I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The voice come a-chanting and the fog was lifting
This land was made for you and me
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