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Thread #732   Message #2144
Posted By: ron k.
11-Feb-97 - 10:39 PM
Thread Name: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad.(This Land)
Subject: RE: Canadian (?) song wanted : folk/trad.
Will is right. This is Woody Guthrie's song with only the chorus changed. Here are six verses.

As I was 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 followed my footsteps / To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts / And all around me a voice was sounding / This land...

When the sun came shining and I was strolling / And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling / As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting / This land...

As I went walking, I saw a sign there / On the sign it said "No trespassing" / But on the other side it didn't say nothing / That side was made for you and me

In the squares of the city, in the shadow of a steeple / By the relief office, I saw my people / As they stood there hungry I stood there asking / Is this land made for you and me

Nobody living can ever stop me / As I go walking that freedom highway / Nobody living can make me turn back / This land...

Kathleen has the Canadian chorus right.