Pete Seeger - This Land is Your Land

[@tomachanaud8211]

I. Met Pete Seeger When I was a little girl. He came to my school. And I had met him at the door and I let in. He had come to talk to the kids about littering. He sang, and even got me to sing. I was six years old , and he told me that he believed that one voice singing out could change the world. I never forgot him. He was a voice that certainly did change the world! A wonderful man! An inspiration! -Tomalyn Sexton

[@loosie5224]

😀

[@BreaktheTrend]

​​@@loosie5224gorgeous little anecdote. Thanks for sharing. What a gift he was. God bless his wonderful spirit

[@surfpunk1197]

How blessed Pete got to perform with his grandson. LOVE this song. RIP Pete. We need you now more than ever

[@markhankins3023]

We can do it!

[@Andile0]

I was not aware Pete Seeger passed until now after listening to the song: "This land is your land". I had lunch with him and a few others in New Jersey when I visited the USA in 2013 from South Africa. He sang one song for us with his type of guitar. May you rest in peace, Pete. You served God's purpose in your generation.

[@brianjansen3103]

I saw him play in Monticello NY that same year, he never stopped doing what he loved

[@gjortsvang100]

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[@niesluchowska]

How did it happen that you had lunch with him? Lucky!

[@sandragruhle6288]

Has it occurred to most of us how much the folk/protest music of the 1960’s and later influenced changes in the US cultural attitude? We owe a huge debt of gratitude to those who stuck their chins out and used their talent as the impetus to change. Pete Seeger was one of the first, but there were many, many more. Thank you!

[@kenchristie9214]

This song was from 1940.

[@brucehooke7535]

This hard week, it's so good to hear and remember Pete Seeger. We need to gather like this now.

[@n3n3b3n3]

we need a new party for the working class

[@joanfuller8313]

When you see that crowd, amazing crowd & everyone was happy, different races, different age groups, etc. Big fan of Seeger & he was so happy. Singing his best buddy's song, Woody. Not one child doesn't learn that song in school. No praise from the writer, Woody Guthrie. Not like star spangle banner, America, they are told them. I made sure my child knew who wrote it. May the folk singers always live on in our hearts. It what we need now more than ever to reach out to America & the World. Love them.............

[@akorn9943]

So well said

[@MegHammil]

Watching this performance live was one of the greatest moments of my life...think about all the people who had tried to blacklist and dismiss Pete Seeger over the years, and there he was at the Lincoln Memorial playing for the man who was about to become President. Of course he had to sing all the words to what ought to be our National Anthem. I kept thinking, well Pete you outlived your haters. I think Bruce was thinking the same thing.

[@joseph_b319]

Hopefully his grandson Tao's music will get the reconnection it deserves.

[@bartvanos1466]

Meg Hammil

[@johnnypastrana6727]

yeah, but no progress was made...all pretty and empty speeches.

[@johannedoucet2084]

but we must never ever give up!

[@benjamindavid5681]

I do not do this often. However I sense a common bond between u. We both love this country and yet want to find a common way to change it. I have some ideas on this. get back to me. maybe together we can connect people or at the very least I sense a common bond that we might explore. David

[@carolynzniewski3875]

When Pete (along with so very many others) were black-llisted by HUAC and was unable to get regular concert gigs he started giving concerts for grade school kids all over the US. Now that was genius! How many of us remember singing this song in grade school? It is a all-American Classic!

[@SandfordSmythe]

He was blacklisted for being a member of the Communist Party. I don't think that was fair. But Pete seemed to make it all look like he was just a picked-on liberal for singing about peace and love.

[@austoncole2144]

I have always wondered how some can be so strong to sing such simple truth. @@SandfordSmythe

[@SandfordSmythe]

@austoncole2144 This gets complicated under the rules of the CP USA. He was doing agitprop, propaganda agitation. But that doesn't bother me much because I think he believed in the intrinsic good of his ideals.

[@manfredAnsel]

How are you doing Caro, Hope you don't mid knowing each other

[@NYSTEAPRES]

When my daughter was in first grade, her school played a "patriotic tune" every morning over the PA system. I introduced her to this song, asked her if they ever played it, and discussed the backstory. She approached the Principal and asked to have it added to the "patriotic list" Unwittingly the Principal agreed. In 2018, as a college student, she was leading a "social advocacy DACA support" event on the streets of NYC, handed out words to the song and led members of a whole new generation in singing this with enthusiasm. Plant the seeds early and often!

[@mjremy2605]

Excellent parenting job! Model parent, thank you for raising the Right Stuff!

[@robertquietphotographer]

Great! Well done!

[@marcschneider4845]

Probably banned in Florida today.

[@caroltubeyou]

@@Caroda_band that’s not sharing a prejudice. It’s reminding their offspring of the beautiful nation we live in from the standpoint of nature. It’s a celebration. I hear no politician’s voice in this, no political party. No religious message. No black or white or brown or yellow… this country’s future can only be improved upon when we the people take ownership, and protect the land and take care of each other.

[@caroltubeyou]

@@philipduttonlescorlett I still hear nothing but honesty there. No politics.

[@z2010able]

And today, this song brought tears to my eyes.

[@trishafurrbaker]

Yes.

[@---uf2zl]

Today we finally go walking that ribbon of highway

[@dianebloom]

Yes, such hope and happiness! Who is the other guitarist? Bruce Springsteen?

[@terrynorton3182]

It wasn’t that bad.

[@bonniesager718]

Aww

[@douglasdaniel4504]

I love how Pete slipped in the radical verses that get left out of most versions of the song. This is a great American song not because it sings the praises of the country and the people, but because in its full version it has the guts to call a spade a spade and tell us we're not all the way there yet.

[@tidsportalen01]

@@MuhammadAhmed-qh7ut the ones with the relief office and private property

[@tidsportalen01]

@@MuhammadAhmed-qh7ut he truly is

[@joannklodt9744]

Laswer5 6

[@bubbalong7646]

He a comminist!

[@mcaddicts]

It was written as a anti facist song.

[@christophermaxieii8727]

I don't have to say rest in peace to you Pete. You lived peace. Good bye you beautiful, beautiful, man.

[@symphonylarose6453]

Amen, and amen, Christopher, and thank you for saying it! :-)

[@cukka99]

Wow, this comment is the most beautiful thing I've read of late.

[@junemckellips8249]

Why would you say that, Aiden? There are so many wonderful humans, people at the Presidential Inaugural Concert for President Obama!!

[@xx5zi]

@@aidenmunnelly8315 no. Every ethnicity was visible there, and it's a very beautiful, very American thing.

[@tomthomas6856]

@@cukka99 I only know I saw an angelfs glow in the eyes of that strange little girl

[@andydaniel2]

I had the great pleasure to interview Pete Seeger around 1980 for our college radio station, WRPI. Jackie Alper, who sang with Pete and the Weavers, had a a show on WRPI and suggested I go talk to him. He was in a park in Albany where he had sailed with his sloop the Clearwater, and was giving a public demonstration on how to bend wood using a steam box to build your own boat. For all his fame, he was a very non-pretentious guy. I've always liked Bruce Springsteen as well and have so much respect for Bruce's publicizing Pete Seeger to a new generation through his Seeger Sessions recordings.

[@DonB.-Mulefivefive]

The world has gone more silent with the absence of Pete Seeger. We miss you Pete. More than words will ever convey. 🕯🕯

[@FanMom4Olivia]

The best night of my life was when Pete taught me how to play this song on his own guitar at the Cafe Lena in Saratoga Springs, New York. The love and gentleness he showed all he came in contact with , and his love of music and country and his strong faith we all can make a difference. made him a living saint to me. I miss you so much.

[@ChristopherFynn001]

"A great high wall there tried to stop me A great big sign there said: 'Private Property' But on the other side it didn't say nothing. That side was made for you and me."

[@Darklord1201FTW]

Christopher Fynn dude fr that’s genius

[@Darklord1201FTW]

This land was made for you and me! RIP Pete Seeger, a true legend and hero!

[@kenkunz1428]

@@yahulwagoni4571 Yes, Native People should tell everybody else to get the fuck out!

[@tribequest9]

Natives have no claim to this land, most died out and the rest are happy to trade the land for white mans fire water.

[@youandican2]

@@yahulwagoni4571 - This land doesn't have room for your hate! Go find some other land for your type of hate

[@caroltubeyou]

Pete Seeger was a force of nature and a leader we could all love and trust. I am stunned to see just how sharp his memory was as late as this event.-- he was 90 years old and still standing, still playing, and still singing.

[@dean5220]

Hello Carol, How are you doing?

[@mattyk19751]

I am a conservative and yes, it is remarkable that Pete was this present so late in the game kudos to him

[@manfredAnsel]

Yeah you are right, I so much enjoy is music .. How are you doing. Hope you don't knowing each other

[@michaelpaoli5996]

One of the greatest and most patriotic protest songs ever. We've been blessed by courageous writers and singers like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger

[@adamwsaxe]

Guthrie wrote it as a protest against fascism. Holding up the USA as a great example against the Nazis, Fascists, and Imperial Japanese.

[@michaelpaoli5996]

@@adamwsaxe yes it was written during the war but he wrote other songs with lyrics that were clearly anti-fascist and anti-Hitler. This does not have such lyrics. The more common thought is it was a reaction to the changes in our lifestyle and freedoms coming out of the depression and into the restrictions of war. Wiki even states it as a reaction to the sacharine God Bless America by Irving Berlin. And it was apparently not released to the public until way after the war was over.

[@LMvdB02]

@@adamwsaxe It was a reaction to God bless america and, to me, sounds quite a bit anarcho communist.

[@johnbrown5958]

@@LMvdB02 because he was a socalist ape

[@samanwaysanket12345]

@@johnbrown5958 you mad bro??? Cope harder.

[@hypatia12002]

The beauty of this moves me today. I want to believe this is what we can be.

[@nancydrew25]

And today, this song brought tears to my eyes for my lost country.

[@williamkirk7800]

Someone should play this at one of his rallies to troll Trump and the MAGAts.

[@Bream243]

"lost country" is exactly what it is

[@johnkardas9618]

A truly beautiful song, and to think that the US is about receiving the down trodden, the lost etc it received Trumps ancestors or Trumpf as we should remember the Germanic side of his family. I ask the question why so many beautiful songs about inclusion, sharing, love and righteousness to all, but from a Country that does not live that way in any way shape or form. Are you not embarrassed, ashamed, shocked and disgusted by your land and why do you not do anything about it? Have you lost your minds or are you all hypocrites?

[@Bream243]

@@johnkardas9618, The bottom line is, we can't afford to take care of all these people.

[@youandican2]

@@Bream243 - the real bottom line is we can't afford the hate towards fellow human beings.....

[@ianloasby3833]

Thank the lord that the original lyrics can be sung nowadays. God bless you Pete!!!

[@Sonicguy95]

I remember watching Farm Aid's videos of him. I thought, man he's still good and kicking. He died four or so days after.... Need to buy a longneck banjo sometime.

[@comontater]

I don't believe he sang all the verses. He only sang the feel good verses.

[@Pernicion]

@@comontater No, not all the verses were sung, I think there are 11 verses (6 in the original, which Woody expanded over time). But they did sing the 3 verses that have historically been excluded because of their seditious content. "Relief Office", "Private Property", and "Freedom Highway".

[@dontaylor7315]

@@Pernicion Thanks for that info! I knew which verses the Weavers didn't do but I didn't know there were so many verses.

[@Airlessarc]

Pete just looks so happy, he's like a Grandfather on Christmas.

[@shillstradameus4164]

He was so happy. Because he thought that maybe we finally won.

[@anthrocultur5116]

@@shillstradameus4164 We will win yet. Just don't give up.

[@philipbuckley759]

here is someone that used his talents, to spread his message......and that is freedom, of expression...

[@flautalee3090]

His elf hat adds nice touch, doesn’t it!!

[@thatpickingguy]

@@shillstradameus4164 Gosh, thats so sad, but true.

[@commercialcommunication9298]

Pete Seeger, words can not describe what a beautiful treasure he was.

[@nancyj.ellington6407]

Saw him at the Village Vanguard in the Village i think in the late 1950's. Yep...am 80 years young. Despair what's happening to our country... not really ours anymore

[@garycallihan4206]

As for Bruce, simply nothing and a profound disappointment.

[@lillianward2810]

I was at this concert and one of my most treasured memories was hearing hundreds of thousands singing this together.

[@nalinir5092]

This song always, always brings tears to my eyes. As an immigrant, my love for this country knows no boundaries. I just wish all who come here and live here will see we are all one. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@omairhq]

In tears too I bought this lie for nearly 30 years

[@aaa-xd3jj]

RIP Pete Seeger. The world is a better place because you once lived here...its sadder place now that you are gone.

[@blackcountrybricks8839]

In a sense, I’m glad he’s not in here. He would be in tears to see what has happened to his country and the world for that matter.

[@eddie1917o]

Thanks comrade. As Brecht wrote: There are men who struggle for a day and they are good. There are men who struggle for a year and they are better. There are men who struggle many years, and they are better still. But there are those who struggle all their lives: These are the indispensable ones. Thanks Petw and Woody.

[@DialecticalMaterialismRocks]

@Wagner PD that's nothing but a myth. I wish i would be financed by sorros

[@comradewildcat1770]

More like there are those who struggle for a lifetime, those are the insignificant ones. The ones who as soon as they start breaking down are thrown out and replaced receiving no gratitude for their work. The ones most alienated by our system. Collectively indispensable for the system, but individually worth nothing. Together we have the force to completely shut down the system. The rich business owners would have nothing if it weren't for the work we've done for them. But in return we get only a fraction of the worth we create. When the union's inspiration through the workers' blood shall run, There can be no power greater anywhere beneath the sun; Yet what force on earth is weaker than the feeble strength of one, But the union makes us strong. Solidarity forever, comrade!

[@SandfordSmythe]

Brecht had his reputation tarnished in East Germany when the Stalinists tired to liquidate the German communists who had survived Hitler. He was said to have had a cozy relationship with the Stasi.

[@eddie1917o]

@@SandfordSmythe I’m nor sure I quite follow what you mean on the following points: i) “Brecht had his reputation tarnished in East Germany”: my question is by whom?

[@eddie1917o]

@@SandfordSmythe ii) “when the Stalinists tired to liquidate the German communists who had survived Hitler”: I really don’t know what you mean here, I know that after the war the Socialist Unity Party of Germany was formed by merging the Communist Party of Germany and Social Democratic Party of Germany and that Stalin proposed the reunification of Germany in a country that could guarantee "the rights of man and basic freedoms, including freedom of speech, press, religious persuasion, political conviction, and assembly

[@calvinnay814]

the music in heaven will be that much richer now...God Bless you, Pete Seegar.

[@JoeFoster-n9p]

This is so beautiful. Its a shame we all can t live in peace and harmony. We need to love are country and all the people in it. God bless you all.❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@alangordon2831]

Pete Seeger brings out the best in people. His face is aglow. At 90 years old he looks youthful and beautiful. If there is something great about America it is right here in this video.

[@lastmango57]

RIP Mr. Seeger. The voice and conscience of several generations.

[@christinedureau3467]

What a moment this was! The world rejoiced. Seems like a distant dream now. Thank the gods for this kind of record. And wonderful to see this happen while Seeger lived.

[@SilentRyd]

This is the first time hearing Seeger and calmly tears started flowing out of me. I don't know why. But I do know I'm thankful to my Rock History professor for having this song be a part of this week's listening list assignment.

[@London755]

It's been a year. probably a good time to listen to it again.

[@ejoseph2881]

I’m sure glad Pete wasn’t here to see the past four years, but I know he’s with us today. 💙🇺🇸💯‼️

[@carolwax3928]

No, Pete WAS here these past four years -- he was present in every voice that spoke out against hate and injustice. He was here in every person who protested. He was present in every song, every essay, every act that resisted Trumpism. Pete only left physically -- his spirit and the lessons he taught us live on, urging us not to be silent.

[@gothicfan51]

@@carolwax3928 Well, hopefully it will guide us in resiting Biden as well.

[@waynerembert3116]

@@carolwax3928 TRUMPISM? Like support for prison reform, due process and ban on gun bumps?

[@richeggleston]

in his speech tonight, Joe Biden echoed a lot of the things that Pete stood for. Pete and Joe would have marched together..

[@culhaner]

Oh yeah!!

[@mindfulnessatplaywithmarci2079]

Tears to my old eyes too, at 75, a former professional singer until the pandemic had other plans for me. This song was a staple... Bless Pete and all of us, carrying forward the task of creating economic, social, racial and environmental justice for all. With a song in our hearts. With a vision of true Community.

[@annedane8934]

Thank you for putting this on. I listen to it again and again. I remember a demonstration for integration in education at the Lincoln Memorial in the cold early spring of 1958. How we sang, and how we rejoiced. I had never seen so many people in all my born days. Thank you. Thank you.

[@dean5220]

Hello Anne, How are you doing?

[@Mickyboi1]

One of the most beautiful, unifying songs ever written

[@deeclark8769]

It is to me Jacobite Bhoy but today some would deride it as "woke". I am however, a proud member of "the woke mob". I think Pete would have been happy to be there with me.

[@ldt1973]

And also definitely a fighting song, a brave challenge to those who would claim everything for themselves. This land was made for you AND ME.

[@alexlaza5301]

Guthrie and Seeger! True heroes of the American people!

[@marilynlarosa7449]

Let's Get back to this Day again

[@marctompkins3001]

My daughter came to visit me as I was in rehab when Pete passed into his rest. She asked me I I knew who he was, of course I knew who he was. I has his dvd’s in my personal collection. Anyway, I was in rehab far from home when I learned of his passing. I know Pete is sleeping in his grave, waiting for the creator to whisper Pete’s name, and wake him out of his slumber. On the last day of earths history. John 5:28-29. I truly believe that 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 will be a glorious day, as that’s when eternity begins, Being with our creator for eternity.

[@ximenabustamante6510]

Thank you dear brother, Pete Seeger for your heart-led music. Inspired by your work may I do my daily work contributing to justice in the world. Farewell sweet and beloved Pete Seeger.

[@m_brokenleg]

Forever between us, sweet, great, wonderful man. In Franco's dark days, being myself a late teen, his songs teach us joy, sharing..and hope: "We Shall Overcome", sweet Pete. We did!! Thank you for sharing your songs with us. Forever grateful. Today I feel as my GrandPa has died!

[@DSosland]

thank you for such a beautiful thought Ximena, nothing could honor him more.

[@epelegrillopart]

Thanks for everything, Pete.

[@bobbyjordan37]

Mr. Pete Seeger - you worked your whole life for humanity of all men and God has given you a very long life You will always remain in the memories

[@codycottle1228]

Thank you Woody for writing this amazing and timeless piece of art, and thank you Pete for spreading the message for multiple generations to hear and carry on. Rest easy legends, you’re both bound for glory!

[@kitkat55plus]

Watching this today, American Thanksgiving, I was torn....loving the song (which I learned to sing in grade school) and the performance...but experiencing sadness of the days gone by and what we once had in this country, but have no more. Such a loss to the people.

[@starfire746]

Got to admit it. Pete Seeger was an inspiration to the working class etc. Pete seeger also was a great living folk singer of our time.

[@deborahcazalas297]

Pete AND Woody

[@ulrichwill496]

@@deborahcazalas297 👍👍👏👏❤️❤️🇨🇭🇨🇭

[@drmarx48]

Was a big high wall there that tried to stop me, Was a great big sign that said, "Private Property," But on the other side, it didn't say nothing, That side was made for you and me. Nobody living can ever stop me, As I go walking my freedom highway, Nobody living can make me turn back, This land was made for you and me.

[@purpleflametarot39]

Thank you!

[@kennethkearns2901]

This is song talks about the country we had and the principles that we lived by. We surly do not have it now, we can get it back and we will. All we have to do is utilize the gift that was given to us and that is VOTE. VOTE Trump and the fools that serve him out.

[@comradewildcat1770]

@@kennethkearns2901 No, this song talks about the injustices of the system we live in, where those with money have everything, while the majority are left with breadcrumbs. America has always been like that, it's ingrained into the system of capitalism, injustice and class division. Pete Seeger was a communist. He saw the injustices and he wanted to fight them. His way of fighting was by singing beautiful songs that pointed out the hypocrisy that the supposed land of the free is only free for those at the top, while everyone else have to work their asses off everyday to survive. That's not freedom, that's slavery.

[@lexyswope]

I got a comment that I'm digging my own grave when I dissed trump. I regret that I have one life to give for my country.🏄‍♂️

[@rustinusti]

Kenneth Kearns The song is literally about communism you shill

[@lwt9132]

Thank you Pete for all the work which you did for people all around this world. Thanks for singing the songs of our brothers who died in Spain. Thanks for all the songs . Gracias . ¡No pasarán!

[@mcoguyaj]

Watching this over the 4th of July weekend and never seeing it before brought tears to my eyes. What a great inclusive song about America and now this video is going into my favs.

[@debrabeck9630]

Thank you, Woody. Thank you, Pete, for sharing all the lyrics. Listening to this July 4, 2022.

[@heatherheyser3140]

RIP your voice.. your energy.. your love of music will be missed greatly. Your voice brings the spirit of Home back to the soul... thank you for the sharing of your gifts...

[@guz11aug]

As i started playing guitar my sister gave a present to me - Pete Seeger´s Songbook. I practise day for day and this song was the first result i could play. Thanks so much Pete, R.I.P.

[@KennethBarr1957]

Thank you for preserving this historic performance.

[@micheleerwin2848]

I truly believe every parent owes it to their children to teach them about Pete Seeger! If things like this were to be taught in school, I think kids might have a fighting chance to be happy, accepting, and kind to one another. Stop the hateful music, the stuff that speaks of saying woman are objects, and is full of disrespect towards others. We miss you, Pete!! You are much loved, and I hope and pray your legend lives on in our young people's lives.

[@HenriettaHudson-we4wv]

PLEASE VOTE BLUE/DEMOCRAT 2024!!! BIDEN-HARRIS 2024!!! LET'S GET THIS COUNTRY UNITED!!! STOP PROJECT 2025!!!

[@boublijoseph1693]

This is possibly one of the greatest vidéos ever

[@Saidmore1]

Rest in peace to a great and kind man, a gentle spirit who taught us all to live together, to build a nation of the many not of the privileged few. May your spirit endure and cast a shadow over the vitriol in this nation. May your songs continue to lift us up and move generations to come.

[@suedogg49]

What a great contribution to American history. I feel blessed to have lived in the time he walked among us. R.I.P. Pete. You will be sorely missed, but never forgotten. You left a legacy for the generations.

[@dean5220]

Hello Susan, How are you doing?

[@dancallahan5707]

ISNT it a shame , were we have come to in a few yrs , 2020 seems like a century away from this song , I truly shed tears for the country i and most of us once had hope in

[@dylanwhitney180]

It's always been like this, the mask has just come off in recent years and they're doing in public what they just used to do in private.

[@majkus]

Woody Guthrie also wrote some cogent lyrics, later set to music, called "Old Man Trump", about Roy Trump's racist color-line policies (and an unrecorded verse to 'I Ain't Got No Home In This World Anymore' also refers to Old Man Trump in similar terms). When Obama was elected, we got wonderful events like the one in this video, and far too many of us became complacent. As Brecht wrote at the end of 'The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui' (a dark-comic parable about the rise of Hitler), “Don’t yet rejoice in his defeat, you men! / Although the world stood up and stopped the bastard / The bitch that bore him is in heat again.”

[@flautalee3090]

I truly hope we’re moving back on track. May 2021.

[@terrid7827]

I cried tears of joy that day. Have shed a lot more tears in the past 5 years, but very few of them have been tears of joy.

[@monicaager7490]

I cannot watch this without feeling joy. Absolutely beautiful!

[@vishnaik1624]

I am listening to this song after many years, tears roll down my cheeks as I listen to this song.

[@beintelegant]

One of my absolute teenage heroes, while today's footballers and soap stars are ok I guess, I'll stick with Guthrie, Billy Bragg, and Jersey Bruce, and above all, Joan Baez and Bob, wow Bob,....they taught me to care for others and what good is....God Bless you Pete...have fun on Big Rock Candy Mountain.....

[@DaudiMajozi]

*Farewell Pete Seeger! Thank you for uplifting our hearts and hopes and reminding us of our best. This rendition in 2009, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial for Pres. Obama's inauguration, brings tears to my eyes. May your spirit live on through these songs. National Troubadour.

[@SuperAnimelover100]

David Anderson Well said you decent man ! :)

[@elko04]

This song is literally so beautiful it gives me goosebumps and brings tears to my eyes

[@janetgreensmith9544]

Yes, we can! Watching this and singing along just lifted me out of the anxiety that has been weighing me down. Everybody sing!

[@hypatia12002]

This fills me with joy as it did in 2008, and wistfulness and hope now, that we can be what Pete Seeger envisioned.

[@kathrynmccreary5703]

Dear Pete, how we miss your voice, and your belief that we can make a better world for everyone. Amazing, yes. And never to be forgotten.

[@dean5220]

Hello Kathryn, How are you doing?

[@soumalyachakraborty9848]

After ten years, you are still relevant. Especially in this tumultuous times. Lots of love for you pete. Happy birthday.

[@hooleyqueen]

Pete Seeger will still be relevant in 100 years, and beyond!

[@fanniefinefair376]

I found this today and was so moved, thrilled and delighted to see how beautifully done it was back in 2009. It is just a wonderful and befitting in 2020. Sang with it and enjoyed so much. I will teach my Grandkids this song.

[@yrtnook]

Thank you for this video that I found to commemorate Pete Seeger's birthday. I was blessed to crew twice on the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater.

[@Taalneuroot]

I’m not American, but I watch a lot of American and global politics. To say things in my home country, the Netherlands, are a mess, would be an understatement. The same goes for the world as a whole. Not only the pandemic, but also climate change, inequality, homophobia, racism and poverty. Over the past two years, I’ve watched this video over and over and it has given me many different emotions. I have felt melancholic and sad about the state of the world, knowing what it was and could be. But it has also made me hopeful and determined. We, whether it’s the Netherlands, Europe or the US, can achieve incredible things when we work together. At times, I feel desperate and hopeless, but I can’t and won’t give up on humanity. What goes around comes around, we’re all in this together. It’s my strongest, deepest belief and I’ll always fight for that.

[@knalleballkalle8365]

Makes me cry, what genuine compassion and the Boss shows such humility, if more humans we're like this

[@DIANA-rv7zn]

I forget never Peter Seeger!Great Folksinger Thank You!!🙏🕊

[@simsim7935]

What happened to this Land, our Land? I cried through the whole song? Such a beautiful song and beautiful words and an amazing group of singers. May God help us all. We can still have hope to heal our Land.

[@ChristopherORourke-s7g]

It should & really ought to be the national of anthem of the United States of America, but it isn’t at all for no reason.

[@jameshayes-bohanan8864]

Thanks for posting this -- on the birthday Pete shared with my mother. This is a marvelous thing to share, and I will be showing it to my university environmental geography students this week, as I try to remember to do each semester. And I agree about KZbin -- ads on stuff they did not create! I even see ads on some of my own videos and wonder when I'm going to get that check!

[@monicaager7490]

Would Pete Seeger, Bruce Springsteen and Barak Obama ever believe that I am sitting in Limekilns in Scotland, overlooking the beautiful River Forth, on a beautiful summers night, still listening to the best ever version of this iconic masterpiece. Love it!

[@monicaager7490]

@Greg Normal I'm doing well and, yes, I'm a fan of his music and his philosophy on life.

[@monicaager7490]

@Greg Normal Hello from across the water. If you check out " Almost Irish with Chris McMullen". you'll have the answer. My favourite all time version! 👏👏

[@monicaager7490]

@Greg Normal Good evening, born in Glasgow, Scotland, of Irish parents, currently living in Dunfermline which is about 30mins from Edinburgh. I've just watched President Biden's speech to the Irish Parliament, very impressive indeed! 👏

[@monicaager7490]

@Greg Normal Hi, I wouldn't have a clue how to "chat off"..... I'm pretty useless when it comes to IT. 😥

[@joyvramos]

I am sure there is a lot of singing in heaven tonight! RIP Pete!

[@berkatabenar]

Thank you Pete for your many inspiring and beautiful songs and for your lifelong dedication.

[@johnpetry5321]

Thank you Pete. You were a true American patriot.

[@johannesvongalt5705]

Amen. Spoke -- no, sang -- truth to power. Called on it by the House UnAmerican Activities Committee -- the most perfectly-named element of the Congress ever, as Mr Seeger joyfully pointed out. (He offered to sing them his songs. They demurred.) Charged with contempt of Congress -- as every patriotic American right now should certainly have. Go with God, Mr Seeger.

[@dontaylor7315]

@@johannesvongalt5705 Pete showed Americans how to be patriots. I think Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden were moved by the same spirit he embodied.

[@carljones7466]

Is he native American ??? That's an American

[@ImperiumRomanum476]

​@@carljones7466 Native American here. So long as people unite together to fight the tyranny which rules over the proletariat, anyone is welcome. The past is done. We must move forward together. Solidarity forever!

[@bluchoklut]

The love, joy, excitement, pride, and hope for the future that radiates from this song, particularly in this setting, make me believe unity is possible amongst our diversity.

[@toms1341]

Always a pleasure to watch, thank you for sharing.

[@artemisecstasy]

no one was stopping Pete from singing all of Woody's verses.

[@danielburns3240]

@Lauffles yeah capitalists were scared

[@flintknudsen2155]

"This land is your land. This land is my land. We stole it from the Native Americans..."

[@thomascombs9859]

@@flintknudsen2155 Actually, it was shared by all, as land was plenty and people were few. But later huge populations arrived and basically squatted on the land to grab a piece. The Indians did not know how to cope with this, neither did the government, until violence begat violence, and the Indians suffered the most. The song "My Country Tis Of Thy People Your Dying" tells some of the story.

[@Zen-rw2fz]

Apparently he said he was o ly going to perform there if he was allowed to sing the whole thing and he was allowed to, so really cool actually.

[@iloveass8851]

@@flintknudsen2155 here's another version where Pete adds some extra lyrics about natives: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIqukn-pbKZnsK8

[@The_Admiral5]

Absolutely heart warming! We really need to have a concert like this as a nation every year!

[@Redraven2967]

A legend leading his song the way he wrote rather than the way the public schools taught it, priceless. I grew up on folk music: Peter Seeger, The Kingston Trio, Peter Paul and Mary, and the rest. They sang the struggles of our nation!

[@maggievp]

This is hope! We miss you Pete! I hope you are smiling and singing today. ❤️🤍💙

[@donward1587]

We've become a culture of cliches when it comes to how we live our lives, with Rick Warren's "Purpose Driven Life" being just one example. I challenge anyone to find a better example of a purpose driven life than Pete Seeger. He devoted his long and glorious life to the causes he believed in from opposing Hitler and fascism to the civil rights movement to cleaning up his beloved Hudson River, to the occupy movement of 2011 and we are all better off because of him. May he rest in peace.

[@jlaws63]

+1000

[@DialecticalMaterialismRocks]

occupy wallstreet won't change the world though

[@zenodotusofathens2122]

You are mistaken. . From Atlantic Magazine. Pete Seeger's anti-war performances from those years are revolting. He and his musical colleagues sang anti-war songs in 1939-41 because, in the Soviet Union, Stalin had decided that an alliance with the Nazis was a good idea; and the order to support Stalin had gone out to every Communist Party in the world; and Pete Seeger was, in those days, a good Communist.

[@peterhall5269]

Pete Seeger - and I think Bruce Springsteen - really understood what I deeply believe - that we are all human and should not treat one country or one 'race' as more important than another. We should all work together. Something we can see and hear in this excellent performance.

[@hypatia12002]

This is so beautiful. This is what American can be.

[@cathieludemann5879]

This video makes me smile. Brings back so many good memories. Gives hope for the future. Remaining optimistic going forward. Happy Birthday, America!! 🇺🇸 🎂 🗽 🎇 📜 🎉 🇺🇸

[@marycatherine5439]

Thank you PETE SEEGER for your strength and honor to sing songs dedicated to the Democracy of the United States of America ...this land was made for you and me. May, 2021 would have been Peter Seeger[s 102nd birthday and he will never be forgotten for his faith and humanity in our Democracy in the USA,

[@jamesanderson8078]

Yes it's beautiful and I agree with your comment,Hello Mary how are you doing 👋👋👋👋

[@boscoclay8249]

This song brings tears to my eyes, just can't stop playing it...God bless America!

[@marycatherine5439]

Today September 2, 2020 is the birthday of Pete Seeger and he is 101 years young and still living through us who always believed in him with honor knowing Pete Seeger will always continue to live through us,,,,,the people .....This Land is Your Land..USA.

[@sicks6six]

Pete saw some changes in his life but he knew there was a long way to go, in fact as each day passes the right puts up more obstacles that need tearing down, it was an ongoing effort that will never end.

[@lorirhea428]

You will live on forever, you taught the world to sing, and I am still singing. Thank you

[@hooleyqueen]

Thank you so much for posting this. Pete Seeger is a National Treasure. A true American who does not go to war to kill people, but unites people in the spirit of unity, protest, activism, and standing up for what is good and right about our beautiful country.

[@donfiles2395]

so good to see people sing wiyh joy in there heart and love ifor others what a great country

[@marycatherine5439]

This Land is Your Land is an amazing song lasting forever through the freedom highway.

[@11222stan]

This Land Is Your Land Words and Music by Woody Guthrie This land is your land This land is my land From California to the New York island; From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and Me. As I was walking that ribbon of highway, I saw above me that endless skyway: I saw below me that golden valley: This land was made for you and me. I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts; And all around me a voice was sounding: This land was made for you and me. When the sun came shining, and I was strolling, And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling, As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting: This land was made for you and me. 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. In the shadow of the steeple I saw my people, By the relief office I seen my people; As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking Is this land made for you and me? Nobody living can ever stop me, As I go walking that freedom highway; Nobody living can ever make me turn back This land was made for you and me.

[@purpleflametarot39]

Thank you!

[@nicolavivarelli4127]

Thanks! A wonderful song:from Italy

[@ericensor6984]

When I hear the verse "As I went walking I saw a sign there It said no trespassing but on the other side it didn't say nothing That side was made for you and me" always makes me think of the fall of the Berlin wall and the road to freedom and a united Germany

[@marc-andreservant201]

New York is my land New York is your land From the upstate mountains Down to the ocean foam With all kinds of people Yes, we're polychrome New York was made to be frack free

[@ILikedGooglePlus]

@@ericensor6984 I mean, it's about how private property steals from the people, but okay

[@GSF784]

How beautiful people can be. So much hope and joy.

[@charlesdixon552]

Peter Seeger looks so happy singing for a president at almost 90 years old! Thanks for the memory!

[@JDSackman]

"Great big sign there - said Private Property, But on the other side - it didn't say nothing. THAT side was meant for you and me!" Pete Seeger was there. He knew what Woody was trying to say. THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND - THIS LAND IS MY LAND