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Song title: I ain't got no home

(Woodie Guthrie) by Woodie Guthrie

I ain't got no home - Bruce version

I ain’t got no home, I’m just a ramblin’ around
A hard working ramblin’ man, I go from town to town
The police make it hard wherever I may go
And I ain’t got no home in this world anymore

I was farmin’ on the shares and always I was poor
My crops I laid into the banker’s door
And my wife took down and died upon the cabin floor
And I ain’t got no home in this world anymore

I ain’t got no home, I’m just a ramblin’ around
A hard working ramblin’ man, I go from town to town
The police make it hard wherever I may go
And I Ain’t Got No Home in this world anymore

Now as I look around it’s mighty plain to see
This wide wicked world is a funny place to be
The gamblin’ man is rich and the workin’ man is poor
And I ain’t got no home in this world anymore

Notes: Published on the Woodie Guthrie tribute LP.

I ain't got no home - Guthrie version

I ain't got no home, I'm just a ramblin' around
A hard working ramblin' man, I go from town to town
The police make it hard wherever I may go
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore

I was farmin' on the shares and always I was poor
My crops I laid into the banker's door
And my wife took down and died upon the cabin floor
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore

I ain't got no home, I'm just a ramblin' around
A hard working ramblin' man, I go from town to town
The police make it hard wherever I may go
And I Ain't Got No Home in this world anymore

Now as I look around it's mighty plain to see
This wide wicked world is a funny place to be
The gamblin' man is rich and the workin' man is poor
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore

Statistics from the KILLING FLOOR (www.brucespringsteen.it) database

Published on the following official releases:

Very few performances of this songs are known (to me, at least!):
 - 19/05/1988 Madison Square Garden, New York,NY ,USA during the Tunnel of Love Tour, during the soundcheck.
 - 23/09/1988 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland,CA ,USA during the Amnesty International
 - 23/03/1993 Count Basie Theater, Red Bank,NJ ,USA
 - 23/04/1993 Flanders Expo, Gent ,Belgium during the Human Touch Tour, during the soundcheck.
 - 24/06/1993 Meadowlands Arena, E.Rutherford,NJ ,USA during the Human Touch Tour
 - 23/03/2009 Convention Hall, Asbury Park,NJ ,USA during the Working on a dream rehearsals
 - 15/03/2012 Moody Theater, Austin,TX ,USA
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First known live performance: 23/09/1988 Oakland Coliseum, Oakland,CA ,USA
Last known live performance: 15/03/2012 Moody Theater, Austin,TX ,USA

Song 'history':


Recorded during the TUNNEL OF LOVE studio sessions, but then not used for the album.
In the Tunnel of Love tour, the song was only practiced (19/05/1988 Madison Square Garden, New York,NY ,USA, during the soundcheck.) but never played in the regular set.
Performed 1 times during the 1988 Amnesty International tour
One only rendering for this song in the Human Touch tour (24/06/1993 Meadowlands Arena, E.Rutherford,NJ ,USA)

The song was also played in informal happenings or off-tour appearances
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