On the Backside It Didn’t Say Nothing

I picked this sign up for a few dollars at a local antique and junk shop. The condition and a google search of the name and address confirmed it’s real, if comical. The fellow owned an ATV sales company on the Eastern Shore.

I’m going to tape Woody Guthrie’s lyrics to the back:

“I’ve roamed and rambled, 

and I've followed my footsteps

To the sparkling sands 

of her diamond deserts

All around me, a voice was sounding

This land was made for you and me

There was a big, high wall there 

that tried to stop me

A sign was painted said 

‘Private Property’

But on the backside, 

it didn't say nothing

This land was made for you and me

 

When the sun come shining, 

then I was strolling

And the wheat fields waving, 

and the dust clouds rolling

The voice was chanting 

as the fog was lifting

This land was made for you and me”