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'''This Land is Your Land''' is a [[communist]] folk song written by [[Woody Guthrie]] in 1940, and initially recorded in 1944. It has been recorded by performer/liberal activist  [[Bruce Springsteen]], folk singer [[Bob Dylan]], and [[British]] socialist performer [[Billy Bragg]]. Despite the communist sympathies of Guthrie and this song, it is generally regarded as one of America's favorite folk songs and was at one point being considered as a suggestion to be the national anthem.<ref>[http://banteringbibliocrat.blogspot.com/2008/07/woody-guthries-this-land-is-your-land.html]</ref> Communist [[Pete Seeger]] has stated that Guthrie was also a communist; however, Guthrie's membership in the Communist Party is debated (though he has always been associated with United States communist groups), and his daughter called him a "commonist, not a communist."<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jul/07/woody-guthrie-centenary-protest-songs Woody Guthrie still inspires, 100 years on from his birth] Ed Vulliamy, guardian.co.uk, July 7, 2012, retrieved September 13, 2012</ref>

'''This Land is Your Land''' is a [[communist]] folk song written by [[Woody Guthrie]] in 1940, and initially recorded in 1944. It has been recorded by performer/liberal activist  [[Bruce Springsteen]], folk singer [[Bob Dylan]], and [[British]] socialist performer [[Billy Bragg]]. Despite the communist sympathies of Guthrie and this song, it is generally regarded as one of America's favorite folk songs and was at one point being considered as a suggestion to be the national anthem.<ref>[http://banteringbibliocrat.blogspot.com/2008/07/woody-guthries-this-land-is-your-land.html]</ref> Communist [[Pete Seeger]] has stated that Guthrie was also a communist; however, Guthrie's membership in the Communist Party is debated (though he has always been associated with United States communist groups), and his daughter called him a "commonist, not a communist."<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jul/07/woody-guthrie-centenary-protest-songs Woody Guthrie still inspires, 100 years on from his birth] Ed Vulliamy, guardian.co.uk, July 7, 2012, retrieved September 13, 2012</ref>

One of the last verses of the song, about the enclosure of land for private purposes, is.

One of the last verses of the song criticizes the enclosure of land for private purposes:

:As I was walking, I saw a sign there;

:As I was walking, I saw a sign there;

:There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me;

:There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me;

:Sign was painted, it said private property;

:Sign was painted, it said "Private Property";

:But on the back side it didn't say nothing;

:But on the back side it didn't say nothing;

:This land was made for you and me.

:This land was made for you and me.

Another verse referring to the [[welfare]] lines of the great depression is:

Another verse refers to the [[welfare]] lines of the [[Great Depression]]:

:In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple;

:In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple;

:As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,

:As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,

:Is this land made for you and me?  

:Is this land made for you and me?  

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