woody guthrie's daughter nora guthrie, president of the woody guthrie foundation and his granddaughter, who works as the archives as they preserve woody guthrie's memory. when did he write this on no,ra? >> woody wrote over 600 songs. he was in new york city from 1940 until he passed away in 1967. a lot of people do not think of him as a new yorker, but that was his home town for most of his life. he was 27 when it came to new york. that is 20 road "this land is your land." can you imagine? what are you doing when you're 27? >> what about the forbidden covers -- verses? >> it was a cause appeared i of irving berlin pause song "god bless america." kate smith had a hit song. i never considered it anti- berlin and refused to consider it as such. and a lot of people at made a big thing of that. but i think it is an extension of "god bless america." one is the voice of an immigrant coming from a really hard time in russia, and really glad to be here, and the other is when you are born here and it is the next extension, chapter 2 of a song about america. anyway, nobody asked, but that is my

woody guthrie was there. one of the major biographies of about woody have made the point of putting him at peekskill. he was so astounded by what he saw. he was on a bus with lee hayes. he says, i have seen some bad stuff, but this is about the worst i have seen. hayes remember is that he was leading the people in song. it takes a word man to sing a warrick song. i'm worried now but not for long. he has a good attitude. he is making quite breivik jokes. anybody got a rock? there is a window that needs to be opened back here. at one point, hayes remembers that woody pinned up a shirt against the window to keep the glass from breaking, and would you know it, he penned up a red shirt. woody was so astounded by what he saw. he wrote about 25 songs about peekskill. he never recorded them. he put them into a makeshift collection of songs called peekskill songs. he never recorded any of them, but billy bragg, the english radical folksinger, about 20 years ago, the daughter over woody guthrie -- of woody guthrie presi

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. >> rose: he's not woody guthrie and at the same time he's smart enough to know and understand-- andhis is a word john landau used or you used-- wanted a family. >> he toll hrones magazine once that the two happiest days of his life is the day he picked up a guitar and the day he learned to put it down. and he, i think putting it down meant maybe tonight we stay home with the kids and we don't jam with... in asbury park at some club, we do something else. he's been married far quarter century. he has a three grown kids. last is going on to college. >> rose: one of them is a duke. >> and a near olympic equestrian. and they seem like great kids it's a remarkable life. >> rose: which says something. >> it sure does. >> rose: so the gift he has... give me your definition of the gift he has most of all. >> i think as a songwriter and as a performer. i think as a songwriter i don't think that you can put him maybe at the very, very, very top with say, dylan or harold arlen but right below. and as a performer i think he there's with james brown. that's pretty good! >> rose: did he study jam

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. >> woody guthrie died of huntington's disease in 1967.ve of his songs that we will always think of as our songs. >> ♪ this land was made for you and me. >> now we head to washington and bob schieffer for a look at what is ahead in face the nation. >> today on face the nation, from negative to down right nasty, how low can the presidential campaign go? we will talk to all of the key players this morning. >> and next week here on sunday morning. >> driven. in sunday moment of nature. we leave you on this sunday at the shore past the shore, with the sunrise over cape cod. we hope you have enjoyed our sunday at the shore and that you will join charles osgood here next sunday morning for now i am lee cowan, thanks for being with us and have a great rest of your weekend. i have the most commonype of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but my doctor put me on pradaxa instead to reduce my risk of stroke. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate) reduced stroke risk 35%

but these are the lyrics by american folk singer woody guthrie who was born 100 years ago this weekend class americana. by declare thing land belong to all of us guthrie was saying what should be true. not actually what was true in the 1940s when he wrote those words. in fact, this land was so restricted that when some american families set out on summer road trips, they needed a guide to where they could stop and eat and even relieve themselves without fear of violence. this need inspired harlem postal worker victor green to create the negro motorists green book. published from 1936 to 1964, the green book authored a state by state guide of listed businesses that served black patrons and indicated communities where it was safe for black road trippers to stop for everything from gas to lunch to an overnight stay. this week we explored the history of the negro motorist green book the an article for the road.com. i was born after the great legislative accomplishments of the civil rights movement. but the racial restrictions of our country left a residue over how i was taught to travel. p