Puff the Magic Dragon This Land is Our Land
Blowin' in the Wind |
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- Bob Dylan How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man How many seas must the white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand Yes, and how many times must the cannonballs fly Before they are forever banned The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind Yes, and how many years can a mountain exist Before it is washed to the sea Yes, and how many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free Yes, and how many times can a man turn his head And pretend that he just doesn't see The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind Yes, and how many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky Yes, and how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry Yes, and how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind.
Puff the Magic Dragon |
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Puff, the Magic Dragon Lived by the sea And frolicked in the autumn mist In a land called Honahleah Little Jackie Piper Loved that rascal Puff And brought him strings and sealing-wax and other fancy stuff. O, Puff, the Magic Dragon ...(2) Together they would travel On a boat with billowed sails Jackie kept a lookout perched On Puff's gigantic tail Noble kings and princes would bow when'er they came Pirate ships would lo'er their flags When Puff roared out his name. O Puff, the Magic Dragon ... (2) A dragon lives forever But not so little boys Painted wings and giant's rings make way for other toys One grey night it happened Jackie Piper came no more and Puff that mighty dragon He ceased his fearless roar His head was bent in sorrow Green scales fell like rain Puff no longer went to play Along the Cherry Lane Without his lifelong friend Puff could not be brave So Puff that mighty dragon sadly slipped into his cave O, Puff the Magic Dragon...(2)
Woody Guthrie's original lyrics to "This Land is Your Land":
stanzas 4, 5, and 6 are usually censored out, but are essential
to conveying the full meaning of Woody's song.
THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
chorus
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 water
This land was made for you and me
As I was walkin', that ribbon of highway
I saw above me, that endless skyway
I saw below me, that golden valley
I said this land was made for you and me
I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sand of her diamond desert
And all around me, a voice was sounding:
This land was made for you and me
Down in the city, in the shadow of the steeple
By the relief office, I saw my people
As they stood there hungry I stood there whistling:
This land was made for you and me
As I went walking, I saw a sign there
And on that sign it said "Private Property"
But on the other side it didn't say nothin'
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, cuz
This land was made for you and me
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
- Woody Guthrie