...and I was strolling

On the eve of our favorite patriotic holiday, the 4TH OF JULY, I think everyone should solemnly remember, that
if it hadn't been for the
American Revolution --

(we might all-lll be speakin' English, right now-!)

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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.



I roamed and rambled, and I followed my footsteps

To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts

And all around me a voice was singing

This land was made for you and me!



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 me that endless skyway

I saw below me those golden valleys

This land was made for you and me!



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 Wah-ah-ters...

This land was made for you and me.



As the sun was shining,
and I was strolling,

And the wheat fields waving,
and the dust clouds rolling,

As the fog was lifting--
a voice was say-ing:

"This land was made for you and me!"




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.

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