Billy Bragg - This Land Is Your Land (UK Version)

[@protestifications]

Comrade Bragg does it again.

[@Shorty5959]

A friend of mine lives in Edinburgh, so this is nice to find and listen to.

[@volkerhoff8599]

reminds me of my wedding holidays in cornwall. Great landscape, great people

[@gooders7366]

This land is your land, This land is my land, From the coast of Cornwall, To the Scottish Highlands. From the sacred forests, To the holy islands, This land was made for you and me. As I walked out through The homeless counties, The traffic raging, Raging all around me. I closed my eyes and, Dreamed how it could be, This land was made for you and me. So I am going, No one can stop me, Where the wild flowers growing, Clean rivers flowing. Fresh winds are blowing, And the tall trees whispering, This land was made for you and me. I saw a sign there, When I was walking, And on the sign it, Said "No Trespassing". But on the other side, It didn't say nothing, This side was made for you and me. As the clouds went rolling, And the church bells ringing, I heard the songs that, The birds were singing. As night came falling, They went on calling, This land was made for you and me. From the teaming city, I made my escape, To find my place in, The mystic landscape. I'm not the first here, Nor am I the last here, This land was made for you and me.

[@narancauk]

God really blessed UK

[@narancauk]

@@something1600 In short comunista

[@quebeccityoliver4742]

@@narancauk No. But nice try. Words have meaning and your god ain't real.

[@narancauk]

@@quebeccityoliver4742 And your IS....I mean God .hahahahahahahahahaaa

[@cinemarxism]

People don't realise that this is a song about everyone being citizens of one world. Live in harmony everyone!

[@guyfroml]

Figuratively speaking, but not literally. It's real intent, as stated by Woody Guthrie, is to appreciate all the beautiful things this world has to offer. It wasn't meant to be a political statement.

[@drproctologist]

globalism 🤮🤮🤮

[@something1600]

@@guyfroml "Big high wall there, that tried to stop me. On it a sign was painted, said private property but on the back side, it didn't say nothing. This side was made for you and me." Yeah, totally not libertarian communist politics.

[@something1600]

@@drproctologist Internationalism > Globalism.

[@FinnZT]

@@something1600 this isn't the original version of the lyrics, he's talking about the original version of the lyrics

[@MoonatikYT]

As a Brit, this sounds wrong but right at the same time.

[@MarkTAllenby]

@FENNYMAN Touche! Point taken. I agree with you. The world is my world, this world is your world.

[@flaviomarangon2566]

great this uk reagge version wonderfoul bragg

[@stevea2588]

Chorus: This land is your land This land is my land From the coast of Cornwall To the Scottish Highlands From the sacred forests To the holy islands This land was made for you and me As I walked out through The homeless counties The traffic raging Raging all around me I closed my eyes and Dreamed how it could be This land was made for you and me (Chorus) So I am going No one can stop me Where the wild flowers growing Clean rivers flowing Fresh winds are blowing And the tall trees whispering This land was made for you and me (Chorus) I saw a sign there When I was walking And on the sign it Said "No Trespassing" But on the other side It didn't say nothing This side was made for you and me (Chorus) As the clouds went rolling And the church bells ringing I heard the songs that The birds were singing As night came falling They went on calling This land was made for you and me (Chorus) From the teaming city I made my escape To find my place in The mystic landscape I'm not the first here Nor am I the last here This land was made for you and me (Chorus) X3 then fade

[@StudioStruyf]

My land is your land, the world is ours.

[@Maximillian-Tiberius-Rex]

Great song

[@ChristopherCurtis1977]

Rest in Peace Aunt Shirley.

[@narancauk]

What about instead ''from the sacred forests.....'' -----to be ..From the Stonehenge people to the St George's steeple-----------------Time dimension !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@contrarymary77]

Thank you!!!

[@PalashDave]

In response to a few commenters below: 1. Thanks @TheLauraHowe for listing some of the "Heathens All" musicians who played on this track. 2.@IndigoJo It's from both! This recording first appeared on www.discogs.com/Various-The-Disagreement-Of-The-People/release/2451757 (where The Heathens were also credited), and next on the 2006 UK, US & Aus re-releases (where it appears they shamefully and mysteriously weren't.) 3. Discogs nevertheless recognises the Heathens as co-contributors in BOTH the 1995 and 2006 releases. Annoyingly these two mentions of the band don't properly resolve, as one refers to www.discogs.com/artist/698811-Heathens-All and the other to www.discogs.com/artist/1158888-Heathens-All (with an apostophe) Someone should (I might) alert discogs. 4. Surely it's possible to have a number of different political/cultural identities (regardless of whether one is, in the UK case, a Unionist or a Welsh/Scottish/Cornish/English nationalist/separatist) that take in ethical universalism (and internationalism) at the same time as celebrating love of country region, culture, terroir, and so on? I admit it's a political tension - perhaps one of the defining tensions of the "anti-globalisation" movement - but need it be?

[@rorybowskill]

@TheLauraHowe Well done....Be proud to be a part of this great song's history

[@Maximillian-Tiberius-Rex]

GREAT version of Woody's song

[@Politefox17]

OMG love your pfp

[@Maximillian-Tiberius-Rex]

@@Politefox17 thanks

[@Politefox17]

@@Maximillian-Tiberius-Rex yw :3

[@TheRedflagflyer]

@dm1983 he is an english nationalist, but even with an independant scotland (which i support) its still the same 'land' and the same island

[@ilanarhian]

cool, I actually grew up with the Canadian version of this ;)

[@imaplateoftoast]

Can we make this our national anthem instead?

[@MrIain73]

HK the Journalist no with that version no

[@DaL33T5]

I'm American, I want Woody Guthrie's original version to be *our* anthem, too!

[@MrIain73]

DaL33T5 I know woody Guthrie be turning in his grave. I don’t mind the youngsters at school singing it tho

[@sh-hg4eg]

No.

[@Freya262]

@@DaL33T5 0.++ totally agree - I never understand why the US would want to keep Star Spangled Banner - a song based on a poem about war - as their national anthem when they have songs like this (original) celebrating the country. Warmongering vs pride in the land......

[@UNION_JACK_THE_RIPPER]

@SpaceShipWarrior im a big fan of those lot they should all get together and do a song together

[@communistpowerranger9629]

450th like in this video.Damn this is a good song.

[@TJ413]

This side was made for you and me.

[@WannaBuff]

One World One People / The Workers have no Nation / Citizen of The World !

[@sh-hg4eg]

Utopian nonsense.

[@something1600]

@@sh-hg4eg Reactionary pessimism.

[@maryamhalcrow4200]

A bit different from when we sang it on St George's day by the dis-used airfield before the actions on St George's hill.... must be 20 years now..... YIP. YIP. YIP

[@InParticularNobody]

@MarkTAllenby ah yes. I'm rubbish at not reading the whole thread before I dive in. This galaxy is our galaxy. Amen.

[@TheGingersnaps11]

We'll win it back one day fellas

[@TheLauraHowe]

interestingly enough billy sought out out band to help him record this song..... Heathens all was our name 16 other musicians all went up to London to record....interestingly no credit to us .....Steve Poitier...Mandy freewoman, Carlo, Steve walker, Maya Preece, Jono O`leary, Tini Bridgman, Richard Whistance, Pock, Johny Aris, Laura Howe, Jim, Theo Simon and others forgive me......

[@medes5597]

They're all credited on the record.

[@MarkTAllenby]

@InParticularNobody Already dealt with and already lightened up. I refer the honourable member to my previous answer. ;-)

[@Transpooper]

why isnt this the british anthem?

[@sh-hg4eg]

Because it's a pile of globalist shite.

[@bradjames1553]

Is that David Amram playing the lute/recorder.

[@Nathpeggsy]

who cares? all other countries have national anthems about place or its people, our national anthem is seriously outdated

[@BrunaVidalgeekgirl]

Margo Roth Spilgman me trouxe aqui.

[@PHILRAWS]

ridiculous comments below....."these trolls are your trolls, these trolls are my trolls, and they NEVER say nothing, these trolls were made to piss off you and me"!!

[@Transpooper]

@MrJackonRocks america?

[@IndigoJo]

I know where Holy Island is, but where are the "sacred forests"?

[@SpringValleyCafe]

All over the World

[@PeterBull1951]

Possibly Druidic forests in Anglesey to Holy Island (Lindisfarne) - West to East, complementing Cornwall to Scotland - South to North?

[@InParticularNobody]

@MarkTAllenby oh lighten up mate. Otherwise as a born and bred Mercian, I cannot possibly accept a song that also includes the Kingdom of Wessex. C'mon. times change...

[@rorybowskill]

@TheRedflagflyer so why are people allowed to berWelsh nationalists, Scottkish Nationaliosts, Iriish nationalists, and Cornish nationalists.....but not English nationaliosts who want those countries to be free.....Is itr'cos England has welcomed Asians and Blacks? Oh dear look who is racist now

[@MrIain73]

Nope not do that version for the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 no way. I think some one will have to re write the uk 🇬🇧 version off this land is your land.

[@Nathpeggsy]

i meant like the whole population, rather than just one person who doesnt represent us accurately. its like the american national anthem just being about the president, its just not as good

[@3tangle3]

@TheRedflagflyer hes actually not that knowledgeable.............while most of us are 80-90% basque origin...saxon only 20% at best in NE england - norman a mere 2% I agree this island should LIKE the world be very cooperative...but there are cultural difference which the state tries to put down..........my welsh speaking family are like a different world to most southern eastern english

[@Blueforlifefry]

Kind of ironic that it has a Caribbean beat to it .... just saying

[@williamwhitty7243]

plenty of caribbeans were i gro up toxteth liverpool still british

[@williamwhitty7243]

just saying

[@Pierre-de-Standing]

It's just in 4/4 time, so you could sing it as a polka if you wanted.

[@Transpooper]

@MrJackonRocks yeah, so how does it prove america is great?

[@leningradcowboy2953]

America is shit

[@3tangle3]

Lol yes its your land now the english state invaded everywhere

[@MarchToFreedom]

You thought Billy Bragg was a "nationalist"......

[@colinmcdonald8521]

Quite possible to be both a nationalist and a socialist. Think of James Connolly - think of Fidel.

[@iradan64]

kinda killed a good irish mate?

[@CareyGButler]

(or see different cultures as a threat)

[@something1600]

When did the song say that?

[@MarkTAllenby]

A good version, but I would prefer an English version. As an English man I realise that the Scottish Highlands are only mine by national conquest, not by rights. As a result I can't 'like' or share this version of the song.

[@g1ngerrobot794]

As it stands currently, the Highlands are not English or Scottish, but British. I'm Scottish but i was born in Bristol and I have an English parent and a Scottish parent. I see nothing wrong with this song and will not feel offended if you liked or shared it.

[@gooders7366]

I been studying Guthrie for the last few days, then I just stumbled upon this gem. Way I see it you gotta drill for the songwriter’s spirit of their meaning. Lots of folks going off on tangents of politics, Bragg surely knew this would happen and he so he walks a thin line with his lyrics. The lyrics strongly refence the original, but he rewrites it for his own style and for our modern ears (‘private property’ instead of ‘no trespassing’). He puts reference to ‘church bells’ in there, and in the last verse he uses the word ‘mystic’. This is a deliberate pointer for us all not to jump to an immediate political hearing of the song, but rather a mystical one. (There are as many and much more ‘church bells’ type mystics as the pagan flavour - think of the bishop of Lindisfarne, St Cuthbert, referenced right at the top of the song). Great, great song 🙏❤️

[@MarkTAllenby]

@@solfennell8981 And the Battle of Culloden was a friendly debate between equal partners? However, point taken, things are always more complex than any simple statement makes them sound.

[@takakocaesar579]

Scottish hilands are ours because scotland joined england in a union

[@tophatgaming1873]

@@MarkTAllenby have you no patriotism? We Scots do not want independence

[@MrPielips]

not quite as good as Bruce Springsteen, sorry Billy

[@CareyGButler]

We MUST keep our cultures. Don't let them be taken away from those who are blind to their value.

[@leningradcowboy2953]

carey g. butler shoe this is not for nationalists go away we actually like other people and don’t discriminate based off of a social construct

[@barrybenson4158]

bro you just posted cringe

[@something1600]

Fascist reactionary.