I agree with Belle; this song is AWFUL GOOD

Wow, memories. As kids, we used to sing this parody. The shotgun chorus, anyway.

When I was in elementary school til about 3rd or 4th grade (in the late 80s) I heard some kids singing that chorus too! Except the last line was "This land was made for me not you." It does bring back memories.

I heard this in the schoolyard in the early Seventies, except that, again, it was "made for me, not you". Doesn't seem to scan as it appears here.

Another random gem I missed first time around.. I love the rhyme "I got a shotgun, and you don't got none"

David, Pretty good. I went "4" across here. The disclaimer is ok here because your version has such a dramatically different sentiment from the original and that one IS a classic anthem that has a lot of meaning to many folks (me included). That said I didn't see anything all that offensive about this parody. Sometimes if you are uncomfortable with the thought that people might get the impression a parody like this reflects your own personal beliefs you can make your pre-comments indicate that they are from a 3rd person character, i.e., "the protagonist" ("protagonist", after all, is the "lead" character, not necessarily a "good guy") or similar reference. I don't think you needed to basically repeat the same disclaim on the end comments, but I can tell you were a bit uneasy about offending. If that was the case then by all means disclaim away rather than step on toes. Pacing came a little short to my eye/ear here in a couple places but not a bad effort.

I thought it was absolutly hilarious

love you

Y'all keep writin' stuff like this, y'hear?

I've heard this before. You didn't make this up. I've done a parody of the same song.... its different tho.

Here's one Arlo sang for me at a Miami park concert....This land is your land, it once was my land..we went and sold you Manhatten Island..you drove our nation to the reservation, this land was stole by you from me! I think Woody would have been proud!

Hey, it was alright. I suppose with the limits of the song, you did what you could. Personally, I found the overemphasis of no offense meant in the top and bottom comments a lot more humorous. This song inspired me to write parodies to popular songs, as well.

HAHAHAHA i never heard anything so funny! hahahahaha i got a shot gun and u don't got one lol Thats Great Great work man

That was great! Hilarious!

"He would also like to see firearms banned" Hasn't given much thought to this comment on the side has he? take a look at the statistic crime rates climb in countrys that have banned guns. Take a look at this NRA report! http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15304

I love this song! I forgot about it until I remembered about how funny it was and when I was in the first grade I would always sing it and every time that I got to the part with "I'll blow your head off" my friends started bursting with laughter! THIS IS THE BEST SONG EVER CREATED IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD!!!!1

I love this song it is the best!

I remember this song that I heard when I was in the 5th grade. My bro and his friend always sang that song which choruses I heard before in your parody. They got me singing that song, too! I almost got in trouble for singing that song that one of the teachers in my school got a headache and my teacher decided to let me slide for singing that "dopey" song. I don't think this song was dopey, though. It was funny. Great job on this song!

i remember this song, my friend kept singing this and my head was a knockin' its way to dead man streeet! You should keep making songs like thing! :D

i've heard that song at school

Sir, that might be, . . . but his ~Gland is my Gland~ from the Glory nines to the iPods ! !

I heard the shotgun part too when I was young. Except it was like this: This land is my land, it isn't your land I've got a shotgun, and you don't got one I'll blow your head off, if you don't get off This land is private property.

Heard a little different version; This land is my land this land's not your land I've got a shotgun and you don't got one If you don't move it you're gonna loose it This land was made for me not you.

I remember singing this song in elementary school but only the shotgun part and the last line was "This land is private property"

These are the lyrics I remember hearing: This land is my land, this land ain't your land I got a shotgun, and you ain't got one I'll blow your head off, if you don't get off This land is private property. Very similar, but a little different

My parody of this song is one of my highest rated as well. Told from the point of view of the natives who muse exploit white men's vices (gambling, tobacco) to survive. New generation of immigrants about to cross the border and make it "nuestra tierra". From the dates of the comments, this parody has staying power.

Ban all guns! f-you!

I loooooove this- its been stuck in my head for the past week and I have no intention of getting it out. Of course, Ludwig isn't so happy with me singing it all the time, mostly at meetings, and other people aren't to happy, Mattie keeps face-palming and Arthur looks like he wants to rip my head off.....I like it though and that's what matters.

The version I heard went like this: this land is my land and only my land, I got a shotgun, and you ain't got one, from my front doorstep, to my back garden fence, this land was made for only me

Alpha Skua, You are a nut job! Up yours, Jerk!

This towel is MY towel! This towel's not your towel, but now you used it! It's smelling foul! Well, didja soak it in putrid waters? THIS TOWEL WAS MADE FOR ONLY ME! -J. Winterbottom and Anne D Bernstein

Hey wth, shut-up! It’s a funny song!

This song is ******* hilarious and its not meant to be offensive. Stop being a ****. If you hate it, just don't read it and close the tab!!!!!!!!!

I've never heard anything like it

To wth, You are a piece of s***! f*** you a******. I hope someone kick your ass! Sing that b****!

I NEVER HEARD THIS WHOLE SONG AS A KID BUT i DID HEAR AND SING this land is my land this land ain't your land i got a shotgun and you ain't got one I'll blow your head off if you don't get off this land is private property

When I heard it back in the 70's, it ended with: "This land is Private Property." I always liked it.