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) the Dust Bowl refugees. It is a different song from "I Ain't Got No Home" recorded in 1956 by Clarence "Frogman" Henry. Bruce Springsteen recorded the song for , a 1988 compendium of song recordings written by Guthrie and Lead Belly. British folk musician Billy Bragg covered the song for his 2013 album Tooth & Nail. 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