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Woody Guthrie
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Woody Guthrie
Age: 55 †
Born: 1912
Born: July 14
Died: 1967
Died: October 3
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Was a great high wall there that tried to stop me. Was a great big sign there said private Property but on the back side it didn't say nothing. That side was made for you and me.
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If you play more than two chords, you're showing off.
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A folk song is what's wrong and how to fix it or it could be who's hungry and where their mouth is or who's out of work and where the job is or who's broke and where the money is or who's carrying a gun and where the peace is.
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All you can write is what you see.
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There's several ways of saying what's on your mind. And in states and counties where it ain't too healthy to talk too loud, speak your mind, or even vote like you want to, folks have found other ways of getting the word around. One of the mainest ways is by singing.
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One day we'll all find out that all of our songs was just little notes in a great big song!
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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. 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.
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I love a good man outside the law, just as much as I hate a bad man inside the law.
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Uncle Sam took up the challenge in the year of '33 For the farmer and the factory and all of you and me. He said, Roll along Columbia. You can ramble to the sea, But river while you're ramblin' you can do some work for me.
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The note of hope is the only note that can help us or save us from falling to the bottom of the heap of evolution, because, largely, about all a human being is, anyway, is just a hoping machine.
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The best way to get to know any bunch of people is to go and listen to their music.
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If we fix it so's you can't make money on war, we'll all forget what we're killing folks for.
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If you walk across my camera I will flash the world your story.
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One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple, by the Relief Office, I saw my people - As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if God blessed America for me.
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The world is filled with people who are no longer needed -- and who try to make slaves of all of us -- and they have their music and we have ours.
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I have decided long ago that my songs and ballads would not get the hugs and kisses of the capitalistic experts.
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This machine kills fascists.
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