I'm blowing, and just as wild and whirling as you are, and … - Woody Guthrie

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I'm blowing, and just as wild and whirling as you are, and lots of times I've been picked up, throwed down, and picked up; but my eyes has been my camera taking pictures of the world and my songs has been my messages that I tried to scatter across the back sides and along the steps of the fire escapes and on the window sills and through the dark halls...

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Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (14 July 1912 – 3 October 1967) was a prolific American folk musician, most famous for his song "This Land Is Your Land" (1940).

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Birth Name: Woodrow Wilson Guthrie

Alternative Names: Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie • Woodrow W. (Woody) Guthrie • Dust Bowl Troubadour

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