This Land Is Your Land

This Land Is Your Land

Forma musical	cançó
Àudio
Intèrpret	Woody Guthrie
Compositor	Woody Guthrie
Lletra de	Woody Guthrie
Llengua	anglès
Creació	1940
Data de publicació	1945
Gènere	cançó protesta i música folklòrica estatunidenca
País d'origen	Estats Units d'Amèrica

Woody Guthrie l'any 1943.

This Land Is Your Land (en català, Aquesta terra és la teva terra) és una de les cançons més famoses de la música folk dels Estats Units.

La lletra la va escriure Woody Guthrie l'any 1940, basada en una melodia ja existent i en resposta a la cançó "God Bless America" d'Irving Berlin, que Woody considerava irreal i autocomplaent. Cansat d'escoltar Kate Smith cantant "God Bless America" a la ràdio, va escriure una cançó en resposta anomenada "God Blessed America for Me". Guthrie va variar les lletres incloent diverses frases polítiques que simpatitzaven amb alguns punts de vista del comunisme.

Lletra original de 1940

La lletra original va ser escrita el 23 de febrer de 1940, a l'habitació de Guthrie a l'hotel Hannover de Nova York, a la qual va fer diverses correccions. La frase "This land was made for you and me" (Aquesta terra va ser feta per a mi i per a tu) no apareix literalment en el manuscrit a la fi de cada vers, però està implícita perquè Guthrie les va escriure a la part superior de la pàgina i perquè va cantar aquesta frase posteriorment.

El títol original era "God Blessed America" (Déu va beneir Amèrica), però va ser suprimit i reemplaçat per "This Land Was Made For You And Me" (Aquesta terra va ser feta per tu i per mi).

This land is your land, and this land is my land

From the California to the Staten New York Island,

From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf stream waters,

God blessed America for me.

[This land was made for you and me.]

As I went walking that ribbon of highway

And saw above me that endless skyway,

And saw below me the golden valley, I said:

God blessed America for me.

[This land was made for you and me.]

I roamed and rambled and followed my footsteps

To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts,

And all around me, a voice was sounding:

God blessed America for me.

[This land was made for you and me.]

Was a 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 —

God blessed America for me.

[This land was made for you and me.]

When the sun come shining, then I was strolling

In wheat fields waving and dust clouds rolling;

The voice was chanting as the fog was lifting:

God blessed America for me.

[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

God blessed America for me.

[This land was made for you and me.]

D'acord a Joe Klein, després que Guthrie compongués la cançó "es va oblidar per complet de la cançó, i no va fer res amb ella per uns 5 anys." (Com que hi ha una gravació de març de 1944, Klein hauria d'haver dit "quatre anys".)

Lletra de 1944

This land is your land, this land is my land

From California to the New York Island

From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters

This land was made for you and me.

As I went walking that ribbon of highway

I saw above em that endless Skyway

I saw below em that golden valley

This land was made for you and me.

I roamed and I rambled and I followed mi Footsteps

To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts

While all around em a voice was sounding

This land was made for you and me.

When the sun came shining, and I was strolling

And the wheat fields Waving and the dust clouds rolling

A voice was chanting, As the fog was lífting,

This land was made for you and me.

This land is your land, this land is my land

From Califòrnia to the New York Island

From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters

This land was made for you and me.

Ús posterior

La cançó va reviure a la dècada dels anys 60 quan diversos artistes folk com Pete Seeger, Bob Dylan, The Kingston Trio, Trini Lopez, Jay and the Americans i The New Christy Minstrels van gravar versions inspirades en el seu missatge polític.