This Land is Your Land

[Verse] This land is your land, this land is my land From [the] California to the [Staten] New York Island From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf stream waters [God blessed America for me.] As I went walking that ribbon of highway And saw above me that endless skyway And saw below me the golden valley, I said: [God blessed America for me.] I roamed and rambled and followed my footsteps To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts And all around me , a voice was sounding: [God blessed America for me.] Was a high wall there that tried to stop me A sign was painted said: Private Property But on the back side it didn't say nothing [God blessed America for me.] When the sun come shining, then I was strolling In wheat fields waving and dust clouds rolling; The voice was chanting as the fog was lifting: [God blessed America for me.] One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple By the Relief Office I saw my people As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if [God blessed America for me.]