The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #168245   Message #4089109
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
21-Jan-21 - 11:23 AM
Thread Name: This land is WHOSE land?
Subject: RE: This land is WHOSE land?
Rightly speaking when you're talking about "your" country or "your" town it's not about it as belonging to you, but about you as belonging to it. As in "I belong to Glasgow". If there's any problem with Woody's song it would be the last line. Though for all that, the feeling of the song is far more about belonging than owning.