sábado, 21 de noviembre de 2015

Letra 124: This land is your land de Woodrow Wilson Guthrie


WOODROW WILSON GUTHRIE

(Okemah, Oklahoma, 14 de julio de 1912 – Nueva York, 3 de octubre de 1967), conocido como Woody Guthrie, fue un prolífico e influyente músico folk estadounidense, conocido por su identificación con la gente común, los pobres y los oprimidos, así como contra el fascismo y toda explotación humana. Es universalmente conocido por su canción «This Land Is Your Land».

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND

La letra la escribió Woody Guthrie en 1940, basada en una melodía ya existente y en respuesta a la canción God Bless America de Irving Berlin, que Woody consideraba irreal y autocomplaciente. Cansado de escuchar a Kate Smith cantando "God Bless America" en la radio, escribió una canción en respuesta llamada "God Blessed America for Me".1 Guthrie varió las letras incluyendo varias frases políticas que simpatizaban con algunos puntos de vista del comunismo.

This land is your land, This land is my hand

From California to the New York island;
From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters;
This land was made for you and Me.

As I went a-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.

I roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
All around me a voice was a-sounding;
This land was made for you and me.

There was a high wall there that tried to stop me
A sign was painted said "Private Property"
But on the backside it didn't say nothin'
This land was made for you and me.

When the sun came shining, and I was strolling;
the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling.
A voice was chanting, the fog was lifting
This land was made for you and me.

This land is your land, This land is my land,
From California to the New York island;
From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters;
This land was made for you and me.




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