Great NYC Sing: A Joyous 5 Minute History-in-the Making Musical Event

First Annual Great NYC Sing
A City-Wide Sing-Along
A BWC “Make Music NY" Event
Sponsored and produced by BWC
BWC INVITES YOU & THE ENTIRE CITY OF NY
THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2007 at 7:00pm

To gather on Neighborhood Sidewalks with friends, neighbors & family, Tune into WBAI-FM 99.5, and all simultaneously sing This Land Is Your Land with the WBAI broadcast IN ONE GIGANTIC CITY-WIDE SING-ALONG.

If you are indoors , crank up the volume on your radio, open your window, and raise your voice with the rest of us along with the WBAI broadcast. (Be sure to follow all open window safety precautions, especially if there are children around!) Visit www.BWCny.org for details & lyrics (also below) and to see a Video Preview. Or call the BWC recording, 212-613-6367, for details and updates.

NOT A PERFORMANCE! NO REHEARSALS! SONG SHEETS OK! ALL VOICES WELCOME & WANTED.

Please forward this to anyone you feel would be receptive to knowing about the event.

Yours in the wonder and power of song, Ron Dressler, BWC President

THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
(Words by Woody Guthrie; New verse by Ron Dressler)

Chorus
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.

As I was walking, that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me, that endless skyway:
I saw below me, that golden valley:
This land was made for you and me.
Chorus

I roamed and rambled, and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of, her diamond deserts;
And all around me, a voice was sounding:
This land was made for you and me.
Chorus

The sun was shining, and I was strolling,
The wheat fields waving, and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting, a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me.
Chorus

In New York City, eight million people,
By the mosques and synagogues, and the church steeples.
On the summer solstice, we sing together,
This land was made for you and me.
Chorus

Was a great high wall there, that tried to stop me.
Was a great big sign there, said 'Private Property.'
But on the other side, it didn't say nothin'.
THAT SIDE was made for you and me.
Chorus

Nobody living, can ever stop me.
As I go walking, that freedom highway.
Nobody living, can make me turn back.
This land was made for you and me.
Chorus

RECORDINGS

1. “The Weavers Greatest Hits" - Vanguard Records (Order on Amazon.com )

2. Listen to audio online - Go to www.Rhapsody.com , (In Search, type 'The Weavers', select 'Artist' in dropdown, click on 'The Weavers' on left, click on 'The Greatest Hits' record cover on left, click on 'This Land'.

3. See video preview - Go to www.BWCny.org , click on The Great NYC Sing, then click on 'Video Preview'