 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Muupenyu hwake hwose, Guthrie akanga akabatanidzwa nemapoka emakomonisiti eUnited States, kunyange zvazvo aisaratidzika kuva weapi naapi. Nokutanga kweHondo Yenyika II uye chibvumirano chokusarwisa chakanga chaiswa pasi neSoviet Union neGermany muna 1939, varidzi veKFVD redhiyo vaipesana naStalin havana kufara nemafungiro ezvematongerwo enyika aGuthrie mushure mekunge anyora rwiyo rwunorumbidza Chibvumirano cheMolotov-Ribbentrop uye kupatsanurwa kweSoviet kwePoland. Akasiya chiteshi, achiguma muNew York kwaakanyora ndokunyora 1940 album yake Dust Bowl Ballads, yakavakirwa pane zvaakasangana nazvo muma1930, izvo zvakamupa zita remadunhurirwa rekuti Dust Bowl Troubadour. Muna February 1940 akanyora rwiyo rwake rwakakurumbira zvikurusa, This Land Is Your Land. Akati yakanga iri mhinduro kune izvo akanzwa kuti kwakanga kuri kuridza kwakanyanyisa kwaIrving Berlins Mwari Ropafadzai America muredhiyo. 