Woody Guthrie wrote “This Land Is Your Land” in 1940 as a reaction to Irving Berlin’s popular song “God Bless America”. Guthrie found Berlin’s song too sentimental and blindly patriotic, feeling it ignored the realities of the Great Depression and the struggles of the poor. But when it was published there were verses omitted to make it less radical …. To sing it last night in an arena full of humans (omitted verses included) to honor our first amendment right to use our voice… means more than I can say. The time to use your voice has passed but the second best time is right now. And we have the first amendment to protect that right. Thank you to freelyfest for having me. 🎥: itsjoey #thislandisyourland #freedom #freedomofspeech #firstamendment #firstamendmentaudit