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
Ain't Got No Home (Woody Guthrie song) the Dust Bowl refugees. It is a different song from "I Ain't Got No Home" recorded in 1956 by Clarence "Frogman" Henry. Bruce Springsteen recorded the song for , a 1988 compendium of song recordings written by Guthrie and Lead Belly. British folk musician Billy Bragg covered the song for his 2013 album Tooth & Nail. Ain't Got No Home (Woody Guthrie song) "Ain't Got No Home" (or "I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore") is a song made popular by Woody Guthrie in which the singer laments the difficulties that life presents him. It was based on