Hobo's Lullaby

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Goebel Reeves, 1936. Springsteen version recorded with Pete Seeger for the 2007 compilation Give US Your Poor.

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Credits

• Give US Your Poor (Compilation, 2007)
  • Bruce Springsteen: vocals, guitar
  • Sam Bardfeld: violin
  • Frank Bruno: guitar
  • Jeremy Chatzky: double bass
  • Larry Eagle: drums, percussion
  • Charles Giordano: accordion
  • Lisa Lowell: backing vocals
  • Ed Manion: saxophone
  • Mark Pender: backing vocals
  • Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg: trombone, backing vocals
  • Patti Scialfa: backing vocals
  • Pete Seeger: vocals, banjo
  • Soozie Tyrell: violin, backing vocals

Performances

Performed live 1 times (not including snippet performances). 1996-09-29 Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH

Performances broken down by tour (not including rehearsals and snippet performances) Performed at 1 known other show(s), plus 0 public tour rehearsal(s).

Released on Album

Released on Give US Your Poor (Compilation, 2007).

On The Tracks

HOBO'S LULLABY - V1a		uncirculating
HOBO'S LULLABY - V1b	5:11	COMP: YOURPOOR

Note: V1a was recorded on November 2, 1997 at the first of the three Seeger Sessions. V1b contains added vocal and banjo, performed by Pete Seeger, that was recorded by David Seitz at Seeger's cabin in Beacon, NY on July 4, 2006 and then mixed to the V1a recording to create V1b. Lisa Lowell and Mark Pender are also credited with backing vocals; if this is accurate, these would have been later overdubs as well. The V1b take was produced by Springsteen-Seitz and was first released on Sept 25, 2007 on the Various Artists charity compilation Give US Your Poor (Appleseed).

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^{Studio Sessions: Collaborations / The Seeger Sessions}

Lyrics

Hobo's Lullaby

Go to sleep you weary hobo
Let the towns drift slowly by
Can't you hear the steel rail humming
That's a hobo's lullaby

Do not think about tomorrow
Let tomorrow come and go
Tonight you're in a nice warm boxcar
Safe from all the wind and snow

I know the police cause you trouble
They cause trouble everywhere
But when you die and go to heaven
You won't find no policemen there

I know your clothes are torn and ragged
And your hair is turning grey
Lift your head and smile at trouble
You'll find happiness some day

So go to sleep you weary hobo
Let the towns drift slowly by
Don't you feel the steel rail humming
That's a hobo's lullaby

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