For decades, "This Land Is Your Land" been a staple of kindergarten classrooms "from California to the New York island," as the lyrics go. But Woody Guthrie didn't intend for the song to be a ...

The Woody Guthrie song “This Land is Your Land” is turning 80 on Sunday, Feb. 23. Handwritten lyrics can be viewed at Tulsa’s Woody Guthrie Center. STEPHEN PINGRY/Tulsa World ...

Lyrics This land is your land, ... These rules apply to the $10,000 “This Land Is Your Land” Song Competition 1. Submission Deadline: All songs must be submitted by December 31, 2025.

The family of the singer behind the classic tune, “This Land is Your Land” has a message for Sen. Josh Hawley: This song is not your song to “co-opt.” The Missouri Republican referenced ...

The left-leaning politics of "This Land Is Your Land" are most likely lost on the millions of kids who have been learning the song for decades now. And yet, politics is partly how the song spread.

"This Land Is Your Land" wasn't released by Folkways until 1951, but the song was originally written in February 1940, when Woody Guthrie first arrived in New York City from Oklahoma.

This land was made for you and me. Few songs besides Woody Guthrie’s This Land Is Your Land, it would seem, could better embody the theme of “unity” with which President-elect Biden had been ...

"This Land Is Your Land" isn't just a campfire song for school kids. It's a celebration of the American landscape — but it's a celebration with an edge.