mind. he is in a mental institution and knows what is going on but he can t tell anyone how he feels for what he thinks. this land is your land began life with the title god bless america. you see the manuscript. it is god bless america and has some anti capitalists reverses that i don t remember singing in school. do you? a lot of americans never even heard them until january of 2009 when bruce springsteen and pete seeger sang them from the steps of the lincoln memorial at barack obama s inaugural concert and newspapers said that is the way woody wrote it? that is the way woody wrote it. i will leave you with a version that i think pretty well charts the progression of this song from the angry and bitter satire it was to the unofficial national anthem that eventually became. thank you for coming out and listening tonight. [applause] thank you very much. thank you. [applause] you are watching 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books on c-span2 s book
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