Or maybe it's more. The use of “This Land Is Your Land,” by Woody Guthrie — a song composed as a rejoinder to the saccharine patriotism of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” — was a curious choice.

The use of “This Land Is Your Land,” by Woody Guthrie — a song composed as a rejoinder to the saccharine patriotism of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” — was a curious choice.

The use of “This Land Is Your Land,” by Woody Guthrie — a song composed as a rejoinder to the saccharine patriotism of Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” — was a curious choice.

Woody Guthrie was a working-class hero who wrote scores of dust bowl ballads but none more consequential than “This Land is Your Land,” his answer to Irving Berlin’s “God bless America.” ...