[78-L] The debut broadcast of God Bless America

Mark Bardenwerper citrogsa at charter.net
Sun Aug 21 11:31:46 PDT 2011


On 8/21/2011 12:44, Cary Ginell wrote:
> "This Land Is Your Land" was originally titled "This Is My Land" (as it is listed on the original Folkways 10-inch LP, FP-27). He wrote it to protest barbed-wired-off parcels of land that he had no physical access to. It was a socialist's anthem that was sanitized into the perceived patriotic song it is today. Even so, it was far superior, in my opinion to both "The Star Spangled Banner" and "God Bless America."
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...but IMHO was fairly weighed regarding both intent and content (though 
it is still a favorite of mine).

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