lyrics were far more radical than the ones still sung in classrooms today—including the final verse: "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/ This land was made for you and me." ...
Folk hero Woody Guthrie penned this timeless tune in 1940, though it wasn't released until years later. Originally titled "God Blessed America for Me," it was composed as a sarcastic retort to Irving Berlin's overly patriotic "God Bless America." Some of Guthrie's original lyrics were far ...