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29 Jan 13 - 12:58 PM (#3473080) Subject: Homeless Songs From: Beer Did a quick check and I don't think there has been a thread on this topic. Here is one simply called "Homeless" by Guy Clarke. Not sure who is singing it. Adrien http://youtu.be/8gyO2USeQNk |
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29 Jan 13 - 01:00 PM (#3473083) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: Beer Oops! I guess the singer is Shawn Camp. ad. |
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29 Jan 13 - 03:07 PM (#3473144) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: VirginiaTam I am sure there are plenty. Songs for, by and about hobos and tramps and in some cases migrant workers come to mind. From wikipedia Songs Musicians known for hobo songs include Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Utah Phillips, Jimmie Rodgers, Seasick Steve, and Boxcar Willie. Examples of hobo songs include: "Big Rock Candy Mountain" by Harry McClintock, recorded by various artists including Tom Waits, Lisa Loeb, The Restarts and Harry Dean Stanton. "Hallelujah, I'm a Bum" recorded by Harry McClintock, Al Jolson, and others "Hard Travelin'" and "Hobo's Lullaby" by Woody Guthrie Here Comes Your Man by the Pixies is about hobos travelling on trains in California and dying because of earthquakes.[22] "Hobo" by The Hackensaw Boys "Hobo Bill", "I Ain't Got No Home" and "Mysteries of a Hobo's Life" by Cisco Houston "Hobo Bill's Last Ride" by Jimmy Rogers, also recorded by Manfred Mann's Earth Band "Hobo Blues" and "The Hobo" by John Lee Hooker "Hobo Chang Ba" by Captain Beefheart "Hobo Flats" by Oliver Nelson "Hobo Jungle" by The Band "Hobo Kinda Man" by Lynyrd Skynyrd "The Hobo Song" by John Prine also covered by Johnny Cash "Hobo's Lullaby" (aka "Weary Hobo"), written by Goebel Reeves, recorded by various artists including Woody Guthrie, Arlo Guthrie, Emmylou Harris, Pete Seeger, The Kingston Trio, and Ramblin' Jack Eliot "Hobos on Parade" by Shannon Wright "I Am a Lonesome Hobo", "Only a Hobo" and "Ramblin' Gamblin' Willie" by Bob Dylan "Jack Straw" by Robert Hunter and Bob Weir "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet" a recording of a hobo singing on a London street, by composer Gavin Bryars. "King of the Road" by Roger Miller "Kulkurin Valssi" (Hobo Waltz) by Arthur Kylander "Lännen lokari" (Western Logger) by Hiski Salomaa "Last of the Hobo Kings" by Mary Gauthier "Like a Hobo" by Charlie Winston "Mary Lane" by Fred Eaglesmith "Morning Glory" by Tim Buckley lyrics by Larry Beckett "Papa Hobo" and "Hobo's Blues" by Paul Simon "Ramblin' Man" by Hank Williams Sr. "Streets of London" by Ralph McTell "Waiting for a Train" by Jimmie Rodgers "Hopscotch Willie" by Stephen Malkmus |
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29 Jan 13 - 03:43 PM (#3473165) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: GUEST,mg poor wayfaring stranger ain't got a home in this?? no more Sullivan's John Loch Sheil?? Side Dan O'Hara |
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29 Jan 13 - 03:49 PM (#3473169) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: Joe_F Danville Girl Mister and Mississippi |
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29 Jan 13 - 04:12 PM (#3473184) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: GUEST,Dave Illingworth Best version of Guy Clark's "Homeless" is by......Guy Clark. Don McLean had a song "Homeless Brother" - a good song. In fact he sang it at last year's BBC Folk Awards (after he finally got his guitar in tune,,,,,) |
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29 Jan 13 - 04:49 PM (#3473202) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: Sandy Mc Lean I still sing the old Charley Poole song "May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister?" In DT |
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29 Jan 13 - 06:52 PM (#3473258) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: GUEST,Seayaker Homeless Wassail It's in the DT |
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29 Jan 13 - 07:03 PM (#3473268) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: Beer There are some great songs l;isted there VirginiaTam. Always liked "The Hobo Song" by John Prine. ad. |
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29 Jan 13 - 07:06 PM (#3473270) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: 12-stringer Tramp on the Street and its precursor, Only a Tramp |
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30 Jan 13 - 01:11 AM (#3473380) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: beeliner Amazing that no one has mentioned "Ain't Got No Home" by Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, a HUGE hit of the late 1950's. |
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30 Jan 13 - 04:17 AM (#3473403) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: Newport Boy For a real protest, rather than a blues, how about the song from the BBC/Ken Loach play 'Cathy Come Home'. I thought I had already posted the lyrics a while ago, but I can't find it now. I'll try to add them at the end of the week. Phil |
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30 Jan 13 - 07:38 AM (#3473447) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: Bounty Hound Might be too obvious, but how about 'Streets of London', might have been done to death, but still a superbly written song. And if you want something with more of an 'edge' to it, how about the Levellers song 'Cardboard box city' John |
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30 Jan 13 - 07:42 AM (#3473450) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: GUEST,Barnacle (at work) What about Ewan McColl's "Go, Move, Shift" and "The Terror Times" - both about travelling people? |
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30 Jan 13 - 08:05 AM (#3473458) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: Beer There are some new ones to me coming in. I don't know "Cathy Come Home", "Cardboard City' nor "The Terror Times". Hope I can find the lyrics and melody of these. Ad. |
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30 Jan 13 - 08:54 AM (#3473465) Subject: Lyr Add: CATHY COME HOME From: Newport Boy Here's the lyrics of 'Cathy Come Home'. I have posted them before. The song was used as a background to the Wednesday Play on BBC TV, a broadcast that was the direct inspiration of the charity 'Shelter'. There's a short clip from the start of the film here but the song comes later in the film. The sad thing is that it is almost as relevant today as it was 45 years ago - so much for progress. CATHY COME HOME I'd like to know just why they pay A pound or fifteen bob a day To a woman with a kid to keep. It barely makes six quid a week. I'd like to tell you of the men Who work all hours that God can send For a wage that barely buys The neccessities of life. I want to tell you what it's like For a woman on her own. I'd like to tell you people What it's all about. I'd like to know just who decides How much it costs to keep alive, How much his fellow men should get, But doesn't count their self respect. I know they've got enough to eat, A roof above, somewhere to sleep, But there's more to life than living. There's more to life than that. I want to tell you what it's like For a family on the dole. I'd like to tell you people What it's all about. I'd like to know how much is spent To study our environment, When it's bloody obvious what we lack In terraces built back-to-back. I'd like to know why we can't have A garden, a bath, an inside lav, Good schools, good roads and decent shops, Parks and trees and grass. I want to tell you what it's like On the other side of town. I want to tell you people What it's all about I'd like to know just what to do To put across our point of view. We're tired of being pushed around, Of waiting in the queue. I'd like to tell you what it's like I feel you ought to know. I'd like to tell you people What it's all about. I'd like to see some changes made. I'd like to see the wages paid Improved for every one of us, Not just the chosen few. I'd like to know the reason why We're born to live, but live to die. I'd like to know the answers, But no-one wants to tell. I'd like to tell you what it's like, It's something you should know. I'd like to tell you people What it's all about. From the BBC Wednesday Play, 1966. Director: Ken Loach. I'll try and sort the music later Phil |
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30 Jan 13 - 09:10 AM (#3473471) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: Dave the Gnome Paul Simon's 'Homeless'? DtG |
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30 Jan 13 - 10:29 AM (#3473491) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: Beer Tramp on the Street by Hank Williams. ad. |
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30 Jan 13 - 10:48 AM (#3473496) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: GUEST Go to sleep you weary hobo Emmylou harris |
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30 Jan 13 - 12:07 PM (#3473530) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: GUEST,leeneia Lou and Peter Berryman have a song about the right 'to live in your car.' How about 'King of the Road'? Not actually homeless, just about a guy who never settles down. |
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30 Jan 13 - 04:17 PM (#3473613) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: Bert Ramblin' Boy by Tom Paxton While London Sleeps |
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30 Jan 13 - 04:29 PM (#3473618) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: Beer Phil Collins - "Another Day In Paradise" ad. |
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06 Aug 24 - 09:23 PM (#4206620) Subject: Lyr. Req. Homeless Songs From: GUEST,Gigi Erba Dear Joe, I'd like to know if you can possibly help me in completing vs. correcting my lyrics transcription to : "Hobo Blues " as sung by RL Burnside - Album : First Recordings recorded by George Mitchell in 1969 - video uploaded by Fat Possum Recordings. 2:27 " When I first thought to hobo'in, to hobo'in, I took a freight train to be my friend, oh yeah Well I hobo'd, I hobo’d a great long way from home, oh yeah Yes, my mother she followed me that mornin', me that mornin', me that morning Followed me down to the yard, oh yeah She said my son he's goin’,Lord, he's goin’, he's goin’ Yes he’s goin’ he’s where some where , oh yeah Yes I left my dear old mother,my dear old mother,my dear old mother She’s my honor, need a crime, oh Lord " ( ? ) Looking forward to hear from you I remain Yours faithfully. Thank you very much . Gigi |
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06 Aug 24 - 09:43 PM (#4206621) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: RTim HOMELESS WASSAIL (by Ian Robb) "Wassail, wassail, all over the town, Our cup is white and our ale is brown" But huddled on the iron grate we poor and hungry curse our fate. No wassail bowl for such as these No turkey scraps, no ale nor cheese, This Christmas Eve our heart's desire Is a bottle of gin and a trashcan fire. Good Christian, mind, as home you go With dreams of holly and mistletoe That the holly bears a dreadful thorn For those who wake to a frozen dawn. No wassail bowl ... Oh, where is He, that holy child Once born of Mary, meek and mild? And whither peace, goodwill to men Now and forevermore, amen? No wassail bowl ... All ye who dine with face aglow In Reginensi atrio (in the Queen's hall) Pray pause a while at pleasure's door And sup some sorrow with the poor. No wassail bowl ... "Wassail, wassail, all over the town, Our cup is white and our ale is brown" This cold and hunger, pain and care---- pause Sweet Jesus Christ, it's hard to bear. *** no final chorus !!! *** |
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06 Aug 24 - 09:45 PM (#4206622) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: RTim As sung by Finest Kind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFI1x3vc264 Tim Radford |
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06 Aug 24 - 10:22 PM (#4206623) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: Neil D Poet/rapper Saul Williams does a cover of "Sunday, Bloody Sunday" that he reworks as a brutal commentary on homelessness. I've long forgotten how to make links but I would encourage seeking it out on Youtube. Some powerful, if gut wrenching, images. |
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06 Aug 24 - 11:51 PM (#4206626) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: GUEST Dirk Powell's "Waterbound." gopherit |
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07 Aug 24 - 12:52 AM (#4206627) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: GerryM Only a Hobo (Bob Dylan) Queen of the Rails (Utah Phillips) Raggedy, Raggedy (John Handcox via Almanac Singers) |
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07 Aug 24 - 02:00 AM (#4206628) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: Joe Offer One that always strikes me is I Remember Loving You, Written by Luigi del Puppo and Tino Chumlovich. Utah Phillips made it famous. |
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09 Aug 24 - 12:27 PM (#4206774) Subject: RE: Homeless Songs From: GUEST,Gigi Erba Dear Newport Boy, I'd like to know the author of the lyrics to " Cathy Come Home " and possibly the author of the melody as well. Thank you very much . Luigi Erba |