“....In the ‘80s and ‘90s Mr. Seeger toured regularly with Arlo Guthrie, Woody’s son, and continued to lead singalongs and perform benefit concerts. Recognition and awards arrived. He was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1972, and in 1993 he was given a lifetime achievement Grammy Award. In 1994, President Bill Clinton handed him the National Medal of Arts, America’s highest arts honor, given by the National Endowment for the Arts. In 1999, he traveled to Cuba to receive the Order of Félix Varela, Cuba’s highest cultural award, for his “humanistic and artistic work in defense of the environment and against racism.”......
This Land Is My Land
by Barack Hussein Obama
Words and Music by William Ayers
This land is my land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the red wood forests to the Gulf Stream waters
This land is closed because of me.
I closed memorials to World War veterans
And put up barricades across our parklands
I told my minions to make you suffer
This land is closed because of me.
As I was shutting the Mount Rushmore highways
I saw above me restricted airspace
I saw below me, off-limits canyons
This land is closed because of me.
I rode my tour bus and 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 is closed to you by me.
When the sun came shining, then I went golfing,
I took my putter and the ball went rolling,
It was a swell day at Andrews Air Force,
That base was kept open for me.
I’ve lied and cheated, and followed commies
I’ve demonized those evil ‘Pubbies
My neighbors dabble in domestic terror
This land’s transformed because of me.
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that fascist highway;
Nobody living can make me turn back
This land was made to rule by me.
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