# This Land is Your Land

## Classification

- Queue shelf: light
- Current website category: archive
- Research category: copyrighted-outside
- Rights status: copyright-restricted-or-permission-needed
- Confidence: restricted

## Writer / Source

Woody Guthrie

## Earliest Located Evidence

Written 1940; published/registered mid-twentieth century with continuing copyright claims/litigation history

## Context

Copyright status has been litigated/contested; safest website posture is no full lyrics/chords without permission.

## Rights Assessment

The package uses the current U.S. public-domain rule of thumb that U.S. works published before 1931 are public domain in 2026, while modern works and later arrangements need separate clearance. For traditional material, the underlying tune/text may be public domain while The Scrips arrangement and any modern variant source remain separate rights questions.

## Source Links

- https://www.loc.gov/collections/patriotic-melodies/articles-and-essays/this-land-is-your-land/
- https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-recording-preservation-board/documents/This-Land-Is-Your-Land.pdf

## Local Scrips Evidence

- Current source text: src/_content/song-text/this-land-is-your-land.txt
- Existing site status: listed in master repertoire, unknown
- Existing site notes: lyric/chord sheet present; listed in master list; appears in setlist

## Scrips Arrangement Notes

The text/chords supplied here follow the Scrips working source where available. Differences from older printed or collected versions should be treated as arrangement choices unless separately documented.

## Chords / Key / Tuning

- Key: not documented
- Capo: not documented
- Tuning/comment: not documented

## Alternate Titles / Indexes

- Alternate titles: none documented in this pass
- Roud number: none located / not applicable

## Open Questions

- None blocking for a conservative website import; still recommended to spot-check final public copy.