THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND [with amendments]
words and music by Woody Guthrie

Chorus:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From Hamner Springs, to the Waitaki river
From the Southern Alps, to Akaroa
This land was made for you and me

As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me

Chorus

I've roamed and rambled and I've followed my footsteps
To the grass stumps of her tussock country
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me

Chorus

The sun comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me

Chorus

As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!

Chorus

In the square of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near Work and Income - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.

Chorus (2x)