God Bless America (charity album) performed a new arrangement of "God Bless America" on the telethon "". The recorded version of this, done the day before the telethon in the event something happened and Dion could not appear, became the title track of this compilation. It, along with a live acoustic performance by John Mellencamp, were the only tracks on the album not to have been previously released. The selections ranged over many decades, with recordings being used going back to 1945. The span of material was quite large; the album included "This Land Is Your Land", which Woody Guthrie had written in annoyed reaction
Ain't Got No Home (Woody Guthrie song) Ain't Got No Home (Woody Guthrie song) "Ain't Got No Home" (or "I Ain't Got No Home in This World Anymore") is a song made popular by Woody Guthrie in which the singer laments the difficulties that life presents him. It was based on the old gospel song known variously as "Can't Feel at Home" or "I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore," a version of which was recorded by the Carter Family in 1931. Guthrie wrote his version of the song in response to this version, in an attempt to capture more effectively the "unrelieved anger" of