This Pete Seeger version of “Hobo's
Lullaby” brought me to tears last night:
My best guess as to why it hit me so
strongly is that it reflects the experience that I, and so many others,
have had as the result of trying to be true.
Several other versions are around – I
think of those by Joan Baez and Woody Guthrie in particular – but
what I think makes Seeger's version so powerful is that it is so
utterly sincere, basic, un-sugared, yet with understanding, and with a
feel for the relentless rails.
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