<P> `` This Land Is Your Land '' is one of the United States ' most famous folk songs . Its lyrics were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940 , based on an existing melody , a Carter Family tune called `` When the World 's on Fire '' , in critical response to Irving Berlin 's `` God Bless America . '' When Guthrie was tired of hearing Kate Smith sing `` God Bless America '' on the radio in the late 1930s , he sarcastically wrote `` God Blessed America for Me '' before renaming it `` This Land Is Your Land . '' </P>
<P> `` This Land Is Your Land '' is one of the United States ' most famous folk songs . Its lyrics were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940 , based on an existing melody , a Carter Family tune called `` When the World 's on Fire '' , in critical response to Irving Berlin 's `` God Bless America . '' When Guthrie was tired of hearing Kate Smith sing `` God Bless America '' on the radio in the late 1930s , he sarcastically wrote `` God Blessed America for Me '' before renaming it `` This Land Is Your Land . '' </P>
who wrote this land is made for you and me
who wrote this land is made for you and me
Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie