Dumb question: who sang "I Ain't Got No Home" (modern version)

[vi5]

I know the song was originally done by Clarence "Frogman" Henry but I also remember a more off kilter, modern version with pitched up and pitched down vocal verses.

I heard this song in the supermarket today and was trying to describe it to my wife but she had no idea what I was talking about.

[Zomby Woof]

1. Woody Guthrie wrote it

And Springsteen covered Guthrie's version in the late 80's.

[jpgray]

2. Yep, I always thought it was a Guthrie tune

Might want to go to All Music Guide and look it up in the search bar--just change the dropdown from 'name' to 'song'.

Or see if this link works:

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=17:670655

[minkyboodle]

3. don't think they are the same song

"Ain't got no home" is credited to Henry (on allmusic from his page)and is a different song than the Guthrie song of the same title. One is about being a drifter and not having a home any more and the other is about singing like a girl and a Frog :) Different songs different lyrics although I must say I am cracking up right now imagining Guthrie singing these lyrics

I got a voice.
I love to sing.
I sing like a girl
And I sing like a frog.
I’m a lonely boy.
I ain’t got a home.

Ooo-ooo ooo-ooo ooo-ooo ooo-ooo ooo

(Frog’s voice:)
I ain’t got a mudder.
I ain’t got a fadder.
I ain’t got a sister.
Not even a brudder.
I’m a lonely frog,
I ain’t got a home.

Oh, what you say to me.
Please say to me.
Oh, what you say to me.
Please say to me.
I’m a lonely frog,
I ain’t got a home.

(from the Henry version) :hi:

[jpgray]

4. Well, Woody did sing 'Froggie Went A-Courtin'

But I get what you mean. :D Never heard of that song.

[minkyboodle]

7. I think it is in a Scorsese film

I'm thinking Casino but it might be Goodfellas.. It is a pretty damn funny song not many have the range that extends from girl to frog..

[Zomby Woof]

5. ah, ok lol

Definitely a different song.

[MorseMoose]

8. Diner

This song is also in the great movie DINER. I remember Daniel Stern singing it while it played on the radio, driving around Baltimore at night. This version is from the 50's.

Morse

[MorseMoose]

9. Diner, again

I just looked, and the version in Diner is by Clarence Frogman Henry.

Morse

[robertarctor]

6. It was the Band.

The Band did a cover of Clarence "Frogman" Henry's "Ain't Got No Home" on their covers album, Moondog Matinee. It came out in the mid-'70s on Capitol Records.

I believe that's the one you're looking for.