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Land of Good and Plenty (a song for Woody)
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Track 11 HOMELESS IN AMERICA: Twenty-One Songs of Social Conscience for the 21st Century
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Top Nashville musicians and vocalists perform 21 songs of political and social content not typically allowed on mainstream radio; issues addressed include anti-
Top Nashville musicians and session vocalists perform songs of political and social content not typically allowed on mainstream radio; issues addressed include anti-war, poverty, health, taxation, immigration, environmental, social security privatization, gun control, negative effects of neo-con and religious 'right' agendas, etc. Genres include country, blues, rock, folk, R&B soul, pop, Native USA, bluegrass, Americana, Southern Rock, Rock-a-Billy and alternative.
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Peak #442
Peak in subgenre #61
Author
Richard Aberdeen
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2005 Freedom Tracks Music
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August 29, 2005
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MP3 2.2 MB 128 kbps 2:27
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LAND OF GOOD AND PLENTY
(a song for Woody)


On independence day we sailed the ocean
Fleeing wicked hands of tyranny
Opportunity’s foreign shore
Couldn’t have hoped for more
In the land that spans sea to shining sea

Through wind, rain and fire in the hard times
Three centuries we struggled to be free
Taught our children to work hard
And to fear only God
In the land that spans sea to shining sea

We were livin' in a land of good an’ plenty
Golden harvest land of liberty
Blest by freedom’s hand
New world promised land
This land we sang was made for you and me

Now a cloud hangs over our lady's harbor
Casting shadows where twin towers used to be
The wretched, tired and poor
Can't find shelter anymore
In the land that spans sea to shining sea

We were livin’ in a land of good an’ plenty
Golden harvest land of liberty
Blest by freedom’s hand
New world promised land
This land we sang was made for you and me

Now homeless war veterans
Wander our streets wondering
If Woody Guthrie’s land still made for you and me
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