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Thread #117831   Message #2545598
Posted By: GUEST,Derek Schofield
21-Jan-09 - 08:24 PM
Thread Name: Seeger & Springsteen at Obama Inaugural
Subject: RE: Seeger & Springsteen at Obama Inaugural
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check out "This Land is Your land" on wikipedia ... gives several alternative verses to the ones usually sung, and suggests who wrote them. Interestingly, Pete, Tao and Bruce sang 2 of the usual verses, (missed one out), 1 that Woody recorded / wrote but which is not usually sung, one verse that may have been sung /written by Woddy and another one "of unknown origin".
In other words, the singers were making a point with the song ... it's not just "wheat fields waving" and "sun was shining" ... the song is also about struggle and freedom.

Derek Schofield