This land is your land, this land is my land, From California to the New York Island. From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters This land was made for you and me.

During his later years in spite of his illness Guthrie served as a figurehead in the folk movement providing inspiration to a generation of new folk musicians including mentor relationships with Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Bob Dylan. " Throughout his life Guthrie was associated with United States Communist groups though he was seemingly not a member of any.