By the way, another tidbit from Will Kaufman's discussion of the video: Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land Is Your Land" in response to the popularity of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" (as sung and popularized by Kate Smith), a song that Guthrie loathed. Researching Guthrie's autograph sketches of the song, it was discovered that the ta…
By the way, another tidbit from Will Kaufman's discussion of the video: Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land Is Your Land" in response to the popularity of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" (as sung and popularized by Kate Smith), a song that Guthrie loathed. Researching Guthrie's autograph sketches of the song, it was discovered that the tag line was originally "God blessed America for me," but Guthrie crossed out that line and replaced it with the familiar "This land was made for you and me."
By the way, another tidbit from Will Kaufman's discussion of the video: Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land Is Your Land" in response to the popularity of Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" (as sung and popularized by Kate Smith), a song that Guthrie loathed. Researching Guthrie's autograph sketches of the song, it was discovered that the tag line was originally "God blessed America for me," but Guthrie crossed out that line and replaced it with the familiar "This land was made for you and me."