Here are the verses I know to be Woody's and they are the way I sing it. What are the verses Seeger did that were meant to be divisive. This 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 I saw below me that golden valley This land was made for you and me I've 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 comes shining as I was strolling And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling The fog was lifting a voice came chanting This land was made for you and me As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there And that sign said "No trespassin'" But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin! Now that side was made for you and me! In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple Near the relief office - I see my people And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin' If this land's still made for you and me Nobody living can ever stop me As I go walking that freedom highway; Nobody living can ever make me turn back This land was made for you and me Seeger added this verse: This land is your land, but it once was my land Before we sold you Manhattan Island You pushed my nation to the reservation, This land was stole by you from me.
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