This Land Is Your Land

伍迪‧戈斯裡1940年2月23日在紐約時報廣場附近一間旅社骯髒的客房裏寫下最後成為《這片國土是你的土地》這首歌的歌詞。據他的傳記作者喬‧克雷說，戈斯裡《憤怒，灰心喪氣，為自己感到難過》，於是《向歐文‧柏林出氣》。戈斯裡給該歌冠之以《上帝曾保佑美國》的標題，每一詩節以同一詩行結尾：「上帝曾為我保佑美國。」戈斯裡創作這首歌是為著嘲笑而模仿柏林廣為流傳的《願上帝保佑美國》一歌。它的曲子取自卡特家族 (二十和三十年代一個頗為走紅的鄉村音樂團體) 作的歌曲《親愛的，我的夥伴》，而後者又是根據一首古老的浸禮會聖歌《哦，我親愛的兄弟》改寫而成的。

戈斯裡創作完這首歌便將它拋諸腦後，直到1944年春才把它灌成唱片，給它以《這片國土是你的土地》的標題。這首歌受到六十年代民權運動的青睞，(與其他幾首歌一樣) 它甚至被推薦取代《星條旗》成為國歌。

這片國土是你的土地，這片國土是我的土地

從加利福尼亞到紐約島，

從墨西哥灣流到紅杉林；

這片國土是你和我而建立。

當我漫步在蜿蜒如帶的公路，

仰頭看見高架公路伸向無邊的天際；

在我下方是金色的溪谷；

這片國土是為你和我而建立。

我漫遊四方，任腳步把我帶進

她的沙漠閃光的沙丘；

我的四周迴響著一個聲音：

這片國土是為你和我而建立。

輝煌的太陽升起，我正緩緩而行，

看麥浪滾滾，煙雲翻捲。

霧氣漸漸消散，一個聲音在唱吟：

這片國土是為你和我而建立。

世上沒有任何能阻止我前進，

當我踏上那自由之路；

世上沒有任何人能令我折回原地，

這片國土是為你和我而建立。

漫步中我看見一塊標牌，

赫然寫著：」不得入內」，

但牌子的另一面卻空白無字，

那一面是為你和我而設立。

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island,
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters;
This land was made for you and me.

As I was walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway;
I saw below me that golden valley;
This land was made for you and me.

I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
And all around me a voice was sounding;
This land was made for you and me.

One bright Sunday morning in the shadows of the steeple
By the Relief Office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there whistling;
This land was made for you and me.

When the sun came shining, and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling.
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me.

Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back,
This land was made for you and me.

As I went walking, I saw a sign there,
And on the sign it said, "No Trespassing,"
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.

這片國土是你的土地 This Land Is Your Land

這片國土是你的土地
This Land Is Your Land