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orangecrush

(31,460 posts)
Thu Jun 4, 2026, 01:45 PM 21 hrs ago

The censored lyric of "This Land Is Your Land" [View all]


And I heard this sung back in the early 70's with a guitar/harmonica accompaniment with a group of slightly older pot smoking, Nixon hating war protesting activists.

Several of whom had returned from said war with shattered nerves and a profound sense of disillusionment.

My roots run deep, and I am not easily discouraged, DU friends.

Nor should you be.


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Woody Guthrie wrote that song in the 1940s. MineralMan 20 hrs ago #1
Not blatantly censored orangecrush 20 hrs ago #2
It has had many different verses. MineralMan 20 hrs ago #3
It's the spirit of the thing orangecrush 20 hrs ago #4
Largely, it was "censored" to fit the song on a 45 rpm record disk... Wounded Bear 19 hrs ago #5
That, too. MineralMan 19 hrs ago #6
Thanks for the great post, MM orangecrush 19 hrs ago #8
"it was a beautiful song, but it ran too long" orangecrush 19 hrs ago #7
Not discouraged but definitely sad. efhmc 15 hrs ago #9
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