ADD: My Land is a Good Land (Eric Andersen)

Subject: Lyr Add: My Land is a Good Land (Andersen)
From: GUEST,Felipa
Date: 19 Apr 21 - 06:37 PM

One thing I enjoy about the Mudcat singaround is being reminded of songs I forgot I once knew.

tonight Patty Clink sang "My Land is a Good Land" by Eric Andersen. I couldn't find it in the Cat and my memory of the lyrics is patchy, but I found these lyrics on "Genius"

MY LAND IS A GOOD LAND
(Eric Andersen)

My land is a good land
Its grass is made of rainbow blades
Its fields and its rivers were blessed by God
It's a good land so they say
It's a good land so they say

My land is a rich land
Its hills and its valleys abound
Its highways go to many good places
Where many good people are found
Where many good people are found

My land is a sweet land
It's a sweet land so I've heard
Its song is made up of many men's hands
And a throat of a hummingbird
And a throat of a hummingbird

[Verse 1, Reprise]
My land is a good land
Its grass is made of rainbow blades
Its fields and its rivers were blessed by God
It's a good land so they say
It's a good land so they say

My land is a free land
It's a free land so I'm told
Freedom is a thing money can't buy
And it's worth even more than gold
And it's worth even more than gold

My land is my homeland
My homeland is a strong land too
It starts where the sun is born each morn
And it ends where the skies are blue
And it ends where the skies are blue

[Verse 1, Reprise]
My land is a good land
Its grass is made of rainbow blades
Its fields and its rivers were blessed by God
It's a good land so they say
It's a good land so they say


1967 Eric Andersen recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBGGxqcZ9ag

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: My Land is a Good Land
From: pattyClink
Date: 20 Apr 21 - 09:28 PM

Great! It should be in the mudcat.

On Anderson's album 'bout Changes & Things 2, the song has an awesome instrumental break that sounds like handbells. Wonder if any singarounders play handbells!

Subject: RE: ADD: My Land is a Good Land (Eric Andersen)
From: Joe Offer
Date: 07 Jul 21 - 05:53 AM

Ending up the Fourth of July weekend, here's a link to the Eric Andersen recording:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBGGxqcZ9ag

And here's the Pete Seeger recording:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3zKJ7x8C7M