Cover art for This Land Is Your Land (1988) by Pete Seeger

This Land Is Your Land (1988)

Aug. 23, 19881 viewer

This Land Is Your Land (1988) Lyrics

[Chorus]
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me

[Verse 1]
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

[Chorus]
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me
(Let me take one there)

[Verse 2]
Well I roamed and I rambled, yes I followed my footsteps
To thе sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
But all around mе a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me

[Chorus]
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me
(Play it pretty, uh huh)
[Verse 3]
When the sun is shining, I was strolling
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
And the fog was lifting and a voice was chanting
Saying this land was made for you and me

[Chorus]
Yeah, this land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me
Yeah, this land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and me

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August 23, 1988
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