“This Land Is Your Land”

Cultural  

1. A song by Woody Guthrie.

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Example Sentences

Young offered a single tune from “Talkin to the Trees” in “Silver Eagle,” a folky riff on “This Land Is Your Land” that he said he wrote after his bus driver suggested he write a song about his bus.

From Los Angeles Times

Later in the night, Morello invited them back onstage to freestyle on Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.”

From Los Angeles Times

He read a message from his 101-year-old mother imploring the crowd to “become soldiers in the army of love,” played Bruce Springsteen’s “The Ghost of Tom Joad,” honored his late Audioslave bandmate Chris Cornell and stirred a circle pit during Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.”

From Los Angeles Times

In a powerful moment of social resistance during these vexing times, Springsteen led the inductees in a passionate rendition of Woody Guthrie’s folk anthem, “This Land Is Your Land.”

From Salon

With Guthrie’s daughter Nora joining him on stage, Springsteen assembled a star-studded band that included Morello, Harris, Fogerty, Browne, Van Zandt, Scialfa, Lofgren and previous inductee Darlene Love for “This Land Is Your Land,” expurgated lyrics and all.

From Salon