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Thread #117831   Message #2543510
Posted By: Mark Ross
19-Jan-09 - 06:56 PM
Thread Name: Seeger & Springsteen at Obama Inaugural
Subject: RE: Seeger & Springsteen at Obama Inaugural
Does anyone out there know the source of this verse? I have a feeling that it's Petes'.

"Maybe you're working just as hard as your able,
Living off crumbs from the rich mans' table,
Maybe your wondering if it's truth or fable,
That this land is made for you and me."

He didn't sing it yesterday, but I could swear that I've heard him sing it at some time in the last 50 years.(he also left out the verse that starts; "When the sun comes shining and I was strolling,")

Mark Ross