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The Verses J-Lo Didn't Sing Tell the Truth About America
The Verses J-Lo Didn't Sing Tell the Truth About America
Woody Guthrie, a devout socialist, would have been turning in his grave to see his protest song rendered as a patriotic song of hope, writes Stan Grant.
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When she link at Joe Biden's inauguration to belt out Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land", Lopez was singing the lyrics of a devout socialist, some say even a communist, who would be turning in his grave to see his song rendered as a patriotic song of hope.
Guthrie wrote his song as a protest against Irving Berlin's sickly sweet God Bless America. Originally he wanted to call it God Blessed America — past tense.
To Woody, America had failed its people. His song was a question more than a statement of fact: is this land really your land?
Lopez — following the inauguration script of hope and unity — omitted Guthrie's most telling verses:
In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people,
By the relief office I seen my people;
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?
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