me singing to my Dobro / National Steel / resonator guitar: my tribute for the OCCUPY WALL STREET movement …
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This land is your land,
this land is my land
From California
to the New York Island
From the RedwoodForest
to the GulfStream waters
xxxThis land was made for you and me.
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As I went walking
that ribbon of highway
I saw above me
that endless skyway
I saw below me
that golden valley
xxxThis land was made for you and me.
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They tried to stop me:
I saw a sign there
the sign it read
“PRIVATE PROPERTY!”
But on the backside
it didn’t say nothing,
xxxThat!! side was made for you and me.
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Nobody living
can ever stop me,
As I go walking
that freedom highway;
Nobody living
can make me turn back
xxxThis land was made for you and me.
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In the squares of the city,
In the shadow of a steeple;
By the relief office,
I’d seen my people.
As they stood there hungry,
I stood there asking,
xxxIs this land
really made for you and me????
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Flickr Comments 
Wonderful Frizz. Thought you might enjoy this link http://www.mitchellparsons.com/occupywallstreet/october-22nd-2011/
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Enjoyed this very much.
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A perfect song choice from a dedicated and sincere supporter of OWS. Thank you in absentia.
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Frizztext, this is fantastic: I enjoy the transposition (I hope that’s how you call the change in tonality). what is it C major to A minor/ I don’t really know. And the style, more andante, and towards blues ( I hope I’m not completely off) great interpretation.
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yes, George, I changed the happy A major from Woody Guthrie from the 50ies into the more sad A minor of our present – where the police knocks out the Occupy Wall Street movement …
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listen to the traditional A major version:
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Lovely lovely lovely.
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Well said!!!! I love your version… 🙂
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