Bruce Springsteen ha publicado en
Bruce Springsteen Official Web un nuevo tema de estudio perteneciente a las Seeger Sessions. Se trata de Bring Them Home (If You Love Your Uncle Sam), un excelente tema que Pete Seeger escribió en 1965 en referencia a la guerra de vietnam y que fue todo un himno para los pacifistas norteamericanos.
La versión original de Seeger se publicó en 1971 en su disco "Young vs Old" de Columbia Records. En el 2003 Pete Seeger participó en la grabación de "Seeds: The Songs Of Pete Seeger vol 3" y grabó una nueva versión de "Bring Them Home con letras dirigidas a la invasión de Irak acompañado de Billy Bragg, Ani DiFranco y Steve Earle.
Esta emotiva versión de Springsteen fue grabada originalmente en las sessiones del mes de Enero y posteriormente en Oslo, durante la gira europea Bruce grabó las últimas estrofas añadiendo fragmentos de "When Johnny Comes Marching Home", otro himno pacifista compuesta en 1863 durante la guerra civil norteamericana.
Esta es versión de Springsteen :
If you love this land of the free
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring them back from overseas
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
It will make the politicians sad, I know
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
They wanna tangle with their foe
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
They wanna test their grand theories
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
With the blood of you and me
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
We'll give no more brave young lives
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
For the gleam in some fool's eyes
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
The men will cheer and the boys will shout
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
And we will all turn up
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
The church bells will ring with joy
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
To welcome out garland girls and boys
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Well, with their voice and sound
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Yeah, when Johnny comes marching home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring them back from overseas
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
If you love this land of the free
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring them back from overseas
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Para este verano se espera una nueva edición del disco "We Shall Overcome" con la inclusión de "Bring Them Home" y también de "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?".