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5. Largely, it was "censored" to fit the song on a 45 rpm record disk...

Thu Jun 4, 2026, 02:48 PM

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Now, certainly, there may have been some ulterior motives as to which verses were cut, but there was an economic reason too.

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The censored lyric of "This Land Is Your Land" [View all] orangecrush Thursday OP

Woody Guthrie wrote that song in the 1940s. MineralMan Thursday #1

Not blatantly censored orangecrush Thursday #2

It has had many different verses. MineralMan Thursday #3

It's the spirit of the thing orangecrush Thursday #4

Largely, it was "censored" to fit the song on a 45 rpm record disk... Wounded Bear Thursday #5

That, too. MineralMan Thursday #6

Thanks for the great post, MM orangecrush Thursday #8

"it was a beautiful song, but it ran too long" orangecrush Thursday #7

Not discouraged but definitely sad. efhmc Thursday #9