This Land Is Your Land
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"This Land Is Your Land" is a famous American folk song written by Woody Guthrie that has become an unofficial national anthem celebrating the country's landscapes and people.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American folk song
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folk song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
American folk revival
ⓘ
left-wing politics in the United States ⓘ |
| compositionYear | 1940 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Woody Guthrie ⓘ |
| culturalImpact |
symbol of American populist tradition
ⓘ
widely taught in American schools ⓘ |
| describedAs | unofficial national anthem of the United States ⓘ |
| firstRecordedBy | Woody Guthrie ⓘ |
| firstRecordingYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
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protest song ⓘ |
| hasAlternateVersion |
versions including all original verses
ⓘ
versions omitting the more radical verses ⓘ |
| hasMelodyBasedOn | Carter Family song "When the World’s on Fire" ⓘ |
| hasPart |
chorus "This land is your land, this land is my land"
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verse about "from California to the New York island" ⓘ verse about "the redwood forest" and "the Gulf Stream waters" ⓘ verse about a "No Trespassing" sign ⓘ verse about people at the relief office ⓘ |
| includedIn | American folk music canon ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | God Bless America ⓘ |
| keyLyric | "This land was made for you and me" ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Woody Guthrie ⓘ |
| notablePerformer |
Arlo Guthrie
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Bob Dylan ⓘ Bruce Springsteen ⓘ Pete Seeger ⓘ Peter, Paul and Mary ⓘ Woody Guthrie ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
God Bless America
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surface form:
God Blessed America for Me
|
| performedAt |
civil rights marches
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labor rallies ⓘ presidential inauguration events ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| publisher | Ludlow Music ⓘ |
| subjectOf | numerous scholarly analyses of American identity ⓘ |
| theme |
American landscape
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collective ownership of land ⓘ economic inequality ⓘ social justice ⓘ |
| usedAs |
patriotic song at political events
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protest song in civil rights movement ⓘ |
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