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From: kfl@hoxna.UUCP (Kenton Lee)
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Subject: Re: song parodies (actually the real words)
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Date: Fri, 25-Jan-85 17:09:57 EST
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If anyone is interested, these are two of the original verses to
"This Land Is Your Land":

Was a big high wall there that tried to stop me
A sign was painted said: Private Property,
But on the back side it didn't say nothing - 
This land was made for you and me.

One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple
By the Relief Office I saw my people - 
As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if
This land was made for you and me.

The song was written in 1940 by Woody Guthrie, one of America's
greatest songwriters and novelists.