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English, 29.09.2020 14:01 electrofy456

He moved restlessly from state to state, soaking up songs: work songs, mountain and cowboy songs, sea chanteys, songs from the southern chain gangs. He added them to the dozens he already knew from his childhood until he was bursting with American folk songs. Playing the guitar and singing, he started making up new ones: hard-bitten, rough-edged songs that told it like it was, full of anger and hardship and hope and love. —This Land Is Your Land, Elizabeth Partridge How does the author illustrate the connection between Guthrie’s life and his music? The author shows that Guthrie only took songs from people he met. The author shows that Guthrie was too angry to write his own music. The author shows how Guthrie’s life as a wanderer allowed him to write new music.

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