No. 3. According to the "Songs of the Century" announced Wednesday by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Recording Industry Association of America, "This Land is Your Land" by Woody Guthrie is No. 3.
No. 1 -- "Over the Rainbow," Judy Garland
No. 2 -- "White Christmas," Bing Crosby
No. 3 -- "This Land is Your Land," Woody Guthrie
No. 4 -- "Respect," Aretha Franklin
No. 5 -- "American Pie," Don McLean

check the entire list at http://www.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/07/list.top.365.songs/index.html

Pretty impressive considering how much promotion the other two got. And certainly well deserved.

...it is a great song. i think the first place i ever heard it was in elementary school...a guy used to visit the classrooms and sing all kinds of songs (accompanied by his ukulele) and that was one of them...

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dee:

Pretty impressive considering how much promotion the other two got. And certainly well deserved.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

EXACTLY!!! Thanks for making that point ...