Music: Earl Robinson
Lyrics: Abel Meeropol (rev. Davóne Tines)

“The House I Live In” first appeared in a Broadway revue called Let Freedom Ring! in 1942, but was made an instant classic in 1945 when sung by Frank Sinatra in a short film of the same name. The film was created to oppose anti-Semitism in the post-war moment, but the song has been covered by many artists as a way of broadening the language of who should be considered an American. The second and third verses in this program were written by Davóne Tines, and this version appears on his album “ROBESON.”