1930's The Arts | Songs of Woody Guthrie

"(If You Ain't Got The) Do Re Mi"; "I Ain't Got No Home"

Songs

By: Woody Guthrie

Date: 1937; 1938

Source: Guthrie, Woody. Dust Bowl Ballads. RCA Victor, 1940. Available online at
http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/3448/guthrie.html (accessed February 15, 2003).

About the Artist: Woody Guthrie (1912–1967), a legendary American folksinger and songwriter, wrote more than a thousand songs, many chronicling his travels all across the Depression-era United States. Guthrie used his experiences to write songs about the people he encountered—migrant workers, unionists, the disenfranchised, and fellow wanderers. Having lived through the Great Depression, World War II (1939–1945), the McCarthy era, and the early civil rights movement, Guthrie also wrote several books, including autobiographies. He...