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This Land Is Your Land

It wasn't sold or played on the radio, but Woody Guthrie's song became an American classic. It was also attacked as anti-American. The history behind “This Land Is Your Land,” from our series “American Icons."

Check out the feature page on our new American Icons website, with video, slideshows, bonus audio, and more.

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This Land is Your Land

Artist: Woody Guthrie

Album: Folkways: The Original Vision

Label: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

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This Land is Your Land

Artist: Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings

Album: Naturally

Label: Daptone Records

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Det har er ditt land

Artist: Mikael Wiehe

Album: En Sang til Modet

Label: EMI
Song to Woody

Artist: Bob Dylan

Album: Bob Dylan

Label: Columbia

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Zohiartzenu

Artist: The Taverners