Jesse James
O Mary Don’t You Weep
Johnny 99
John Henry
Eyes on the Prize
Old Dan Tucker
Cadillac Ranch-Mystery Train
Erie Canal
My Oklahoma Home
If I Should Fall Behind
Mrs. McGrath
How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
Jacob’s Ladder
We Shall Overcome
Open All Night
Pay Me My Money Down
–
My City of Ruins
Ramrod
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
When the Saints Go Marching In
Buffalo Gals
Tonight’s show featured a world premiere: the anti-war 1966 Seeger-penned tune «Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam)». Elliott Murphy guested again, this time for the song «Buffalo Gals», and got help from another special guest: NYC singer-songwritter Garland Jeffreys.
See the full set list at our Concerts page.
Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam)
If you love your Uncle Sam,
Bring them home, bring them home.
Support our boys in Vietnam,
Bring them home, bring them home.
It’ll make our generals sad, I know,
Bring them home, bring them home.
They want to tangle with the foe,
Bring them home, bring them home.
They want to test their weaponry,
Bring them home, bring them home.
But here is their big fallacy,
Bring them home, bring them home.
I may be right, I may be wrong,
Bring them home, bring them home.
But I got a right to sing this song,
Bring them home, bring them home.
There’s one thing I must confess,
Bring them home, bring them home.
I’m not really a pacifist,
Bring them home, bring them home.
If an army invaded this land of mine,
Bring them home, bring them home.
You’d find me out on the firing line,
Bring them home, bring them home.
Even if they brought their planes to bomb,
Bring them home, bring them home.
Even if they brought helicopters and napalm,
Bring them home, bring them home.
Show those generals their fallacy:
Bring them home, bring them home.
They don’t have the right weaponry,
Bring them home, bring them home.
For defense you need common sense,
Bring them home, bring them home.
They don’t have the right armaments,
Bring them home, bring them home.
The world needs teachers, books and schools,
Bring them home, bring them home.
And learning a few universal rules,
Bring them home, bring them home.
So if you love your Uncle Sam,
Bring them home, bring them home.
Support our boys in Vietnam,
Bring them home, bring them home.
En el concierto de esta noche en París Bruce ha contado, como viene siendo habitual, con la presencia de Elliott Murphy en los bises, para cantar «Buffalo Gals». Otro invitado en la misma canción ha sido el neoyorquino Garland Jeffreys. El repertorio del concierto ha sido parecido al de los últimos conciertos pero ha contado con un estreno especial: la canción «Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam)», canción antibelicista escrita por Pete Seeger en 1966.
Set list completo en la sección Conciertos.
Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam)
If you love your Uncle Sam,
Bring them home, bring them home.
Support our boys in Vietnam,
Bring them home, bring them home.
It’ll make our generals sad, I know,
Bring them home, bring them home.
They want to tangle with the foe,
Bring them home, bring them home.
They want to test their weaponry,
Bring them home, bring them home.
But here is their big fallacy,
Bring them home, bring them home.
I may be right, I may be wrong,
Bring them home, bring them home.
But I got a right to sing this song,
Bring them home, bring them home.
There’s one thing I must confess,
Bring them home, bring them home.
I’m not really a pacifist,
Bring them home, bring them home.
If an army invaded this land of mine,
Bring them home, bring them home.
You’d find me out on the firing line,
Bring them home, bring them home.
Even if they brought their planes to bomb,
Bring them home, bring them home.
Even if they brought helicopters and napalm,
Bring them home, bring them home.
Show those generals their fallacy:
Bring them home, bring them home.
They don’t have the right weaponry,
Bring them home, bring them home.
For defense you need common sense,
Bring them home, bring them home.
They don’t have the right armaments,
Bring them home, bring them home.
The world needs teachers, books and schools,
Bring them home, bring them home.
And learning a few universal rules,
Bring them home, bring them home.
So if you love your Uncle Sam,
Bring them home, bring them home.
Support our boys in Vietnam,
Bring them home, bring them home.
John Henry
O Mary Don’t You Weep
Johnny 99
Old Dan Tucker
Eyes on the Prize
Jesse James
Cadillac Ranch-Mystery Train
Erie Canal
My Oklahoma Home
If I Should Fall Behind
Mrs. McGrath
How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
Jacob’s Ladder
We Shall Overcome
Open All Night
Pay Me My Money Down
–
My City of Ruins
Buffalo Gals *
You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch)
Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam)
When the Saints Go Marching In
* con / with Elliott Murphy & Garland Jeffreys
It was an epic concert, with a wonderful tour premiere («Long Black Veil») and an amazing performance at Hammersmith Odeon (now known as «Apollo»).
Monday’s show was followed yesterday with a special performance at St. Luke’s Church in London for the BBC program «Sold on Song». In front of only 300 lucky fans Springsteen did a shorter set, 80 minutes long, but particularly energetic. The show was recorded by a BBC crew and will be broadcast on saturday May 13 at 9pm on BBC2 radio.
A shorter version will be aired on TV on BBC4 (May 19, 22pm) and on BBC, May 21, 11.30pm).
Check out full set lists for the UK concerts at our Concerts page.