This Land Is Your Land This Land Is Your Land "This Land Is Your Land" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940, based on an existing melody, a Carter Family tune called "When the World's on Fire", in critical response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America." When Guthrie was tired of hearing Kate Smith sing "God Bless America" on the radio in the late 1930s, he sarcastically wrote "God Blessed America for Me" before renaming it "This Land Is Your Land." In 2002, "This Land Is Your Land" was one
Woody Guthrie Folk Festival health benefits for 18,000 retired coal miners. Anna Canoni, Woody's granddaughter and Senior Operations Manager for Woody Guthrie Publications, presented "I Ain't Dead Yet: New Songs from the Woody Guthrie Archives." Lauren Lee coordinated "Woody's Kids" - a special songwriting workship for the younger folks, while Ellis Paul taught a songwriting workshop for adults. For the 7th consecutive year, John Dillon and Vivian Nesbitt, hosts of "Art of the Song: Creativity Radio", a 1-hour radio show airing on more than 100 radio stations across the U.S. and Canada, taped two interviews in front of a live audience to be broadcast