Years later,Woody described what singing meant to him: "When you sing a song, it reaches out and enters people's ears.

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They knew this because when they sang his songs, Woody's eyes would become brighter and his defiant spirit would shine through.

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It was during this time in New York that Woody wrote what became his most famous song, "This Land is Your Land."

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We leave you now with Pete Seeger performing his version of Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land."

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Like many other people, Woody Guthrie left Pampa to travel around Texas and the Southwest looking for work.

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He brought attention to singers like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger in the nineteen thirties and forties.

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His name is Woody Guthrie. He is singing a song about men who look for work as they travel from town to town.

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Woody Guthrie was a voice for labor unions and striking workers and families beaten down by the Great Depression in the nineteen thirties.

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Woody Guthrie wrote it in nineteen forty in reaction to Irving Berlin's popular song, "God Bless America."

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When he heard Woody sing, Lomax knew he had found a true singer of American folk music.

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One of these was Pete Seeger. Woody wrote performed with a group called the Almanac Singers.

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Young folk singers, like Bob Dylan, came to New York to visit Woody in the hospital.

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He is leaving for college. Cowboy Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Mr.and Mrs.Potato Head and all his other toys end up at a day care center.

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They had three children. Three years later, Woody left his family and traveled to California.

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When Woody was young, his mother sang him songs she had learned as a girl.

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On weekends, Woody joined other young men to play music at dances in the town.

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Tom Hanks returns as the voice of Woody and Tim Allen is back as Buzz.

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His condition got worse. In nineteen fifty-four, Woody Guthrie traveled one more time across America.

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Young Woody often had to work instead of attending school because his family was poor.

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Woody liked the idea and left California for New York City in nineteen forty.

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And like Woody, they wrote protest songs that called for social and political justice.

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Their comedy influenced many other present day comedians including Woody Allen and Robin Williams.

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In fact, Woody Guthrie first called his song, "God Blessed America for Me."

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Woody learned how to play the guitar by watching his father's brother play.

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Dylan and others copied the way Woody sang and played the guitar.

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Labor union organizers in California found Woody Guthrie useful to their cause.

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But their marriage ended. Woody Guthrie began noting something strange about himself.

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One book critic wrote: "Someday,people are going to wake up and realize that Woody Guthrie and his songs are a national treasure, like the Yellowstone or Yosemite parks."

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Alan Lomax recorded many of Woody's songs for the Library of Congress.

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