This Land Is Our Land (To The Tune Of This Land Is Your Land By Woody Guthrie Poem by Richard Wlodarski

This Land Is Our Land (To The Tune Of This Land Is Your Land By Woody Guthrie

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This Land Is Our Land

[Chorus: ]

This land is your land, this land is my land
From Vancouver Island to Newfoundland
From Niagara Falls to Bay of Fundy
Canada was made for you and me


As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me Aurora Borealis
I saw below me The Cabot Trail
Canada was made for you and me

[Chorus]


I've traversed the highway and the byway...my way
From desert to rainforest to high arctic
And all around me people were singing
Canada was made for you and me

[Chorus]


Jesus comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving Badlands forming
Peaceful demonstrating we were seeing
Canada was made for you and me

[Chorus]


As I was walking I saw Trump The Grump
Holding a sign that said: 51st State
But on the other side: Canada Is Not For Sale
Canada was made for you and me

[Chorus]

In downtown corridors - steeped in religious tradition
Near welfare offices - I see lost and lonely folks
And some are moaning and some are belying
If this land's still made for you and me

[Chorus 2x]

Richard Wlodarski (c) 2025

Thursday, April 3, 2025
Topic(s) of this poem: patriotic,change,challenges,anti bullying,anti-fascist struggle day,prayer
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
Hi, Friends. As I was rewriting the lyrics to this masterful song, I was reminiscing about the audience and I singing along with Pete Seeger at the Old Massey Hall. The good ole days! Hope you like these timely lyrics.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kevin Patrick II 24 April 2025

Outstanding rewrite of a classic! . Trump is a bully and like most bullies can only be stopped if someone steps up. As a Canadian this poem speaks for me!

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M.J. Lemon 11 April 2025

Magnificent, Richard. It is that last stanza that delivers a body blow!

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