Ain't Got No Home (Woody Guthrie song)

"Ain't Got No Home" (or "I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore") is a song made popular by Woody Guthrie in which the singer laments the difficulties that life presents him. It was based on the old gospel song known variously as "Can't Feel at Home" or "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore," a version of which was recorded by the Carter Family in 1931. Guthrie wrote his version of the song in response to this version, in an attempt to capture more effectively the "unrelieved anger" of the Dust Bowl refugees.[1]

It is a different song from "I Ain't Got No Home" recorded in 1956 by Clarence "Frogman" Henry.

British folk musician Billy Bragg covered the song for his 2013 album Tooth & Nail.

A version in Swedish, Jag har inget hem appears on album Vid Grinden by Georga in 2016.

Suzi Quatro also recorded a version of that song in 1973.

References

  1. ↑ Klein, Joe (1980). Woody Guthrie A Life. United States: Alfred A. Knopf, inc. pp. 117–120. ISBN 0571117368.
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