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
The Very Best of Woody Guthrie Pyramid's decision to add the "Worried Man Blues" remix, calling the result "just as bad as it sounds like it would be, turning this disc into a mockery." Ruhlmann, however, did praise the inclusion of Dave Thompson's liner notes for each song on the album, as well as listings of recording dates and personnel. Note The Very Best of Woody Guthrie The Very Best of Woody Guthrie is a compilation album by American singer-songwriter and folk musician Woody Guthrie. It was released in May 2005 by Purple Pyramid, a sub-label of Cleopatra Records. The album contains 13 songs recorded between