Pete Seeger, who actually hoboed with Woody during the Depression and Dust Bowl, and "The Boss" had the crowd sing the song as it was actually written, as not only a celebration of this great land, but as a demand for workers' and people's rights. That is, they restored the verses that have been censored from the song over the years to make it less political: "There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me..." |
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