Sing Me Back Home
Details
- Band
- The Grateful Dead
- Play count
- 58
- First played
- 1971-04-05 — Manhattan Center
Lyrics
The warden led the prisoner down the hallway to his doom
I stood up to say goodbye like all the rest
And I heard him tell the warden just before they reached my cell
Let my guitar playin' friend fill my request
Let him sing me back home a song I used to hear. Make my old memories come alive.
Sing me away and turn back the year. Sing me home before I die.
I recall last Sunday morning when the choir from off the street
Came in to sing a few old gospel songs
And I heard him tell the singers there's a song my mother sang
Can I hear it before you travel on.
Sing me back home a song I used to hear. Make my old memories come alive.
Sing me away and turn back the year. Sing me back home before I die.
Links
Performances
| Date | Venue | Location | Set | # | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-09-26 | Buffalo Memorial Auditorium | Buffalo, New York | Set 2: | 17 | |
| 1973-07-28 | Watkins Glen Grand Prix Race Course | Watkins Glen, New York | Set 2: | 23 | — |
| 1973-07-28 | Grand Prix Racecourse | Watkins Glen, New York | Encore | 19 | |
| 1973-03-24 | Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Set 2: | 26 | — |
| 1973-03-24 | The Spectrum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Set 2 | 24 | |
| 1972-12-31 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | Set 2: | 21 | |
| 1972-12-12 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | Set 2: | 18 | |
| 1972-11-14 | Civic Center Music Hall | Oklahoma City, OK | Set 2: | 21 | — |
| 1972-11-14 | Oklahoma City Music Hall | Oklahoma City, OK | Set 2 | 23 | |
| 1972-10-26 | Cincinnati Music Hall | Cincinnati, Ohio | Set 2: | 21 | |
| 1972-09-30 | American University | WA | Set 2: | 17 | — |
| 1972-09-30 | Reeves Field / American University | WA | Set 2 | 19 | |
| 1972-09-17 | Baltimore Civic Center | Baltimore, MD | Set 2: | 18 | |
| 1972-09-10 | Hollywood Palladium | Los Angeles, California | Set 2: | 16 | |
| 1972-08-27 | Old Renaissance Faire Grounds | Veneta, Oregon | Set III | 15 | |
| 1972-08-24 | Berkeley Community Theatre | Berkeley, California | Set 2: | 19 | |
| 1972-07-25 | Paramount Theatre | Portland, Oregon | Set 2: | 23 | |
| 1972-07-22 | Paramount Theatre | Seattle, WA | Set 2: | 17 | — |
| 1972-07-18 | Roosevelt Stadium | Jersey City, New Jersey | Set III | 22 | |
| 1972-07-16 | Dillon Stadium | Hartford, CT | Set 1: | 12 | |
| 1972-05-26 | Lyceum Ballroom | London, UK | Set 2: | 19 | — |
| 1972-05-26 | Strand Lyceum | London, UK | Set 2 | 21 | |
| 1972-05-24 | Lyceum Ballroom | London, UK | Set 2: | 17 | — |
| 1972-05-24 | Strand Lyceum | London, UK | Set 2 | 16 | |
| 1972-05-18 | Deutsches Museum | Munich, Germany | Set 2: | 20 | — |
| 1972-05-18 | Kongressaal / Deutsches Museum | Munich, Germany | Set 2 | 18 | |
| 1972-05-16 | Villa Louvigny | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | Set 2: | 14 | — |
| 1972-05-16 | Studio du Grand Théâtre | Luxembourg City, Luxemburg | Set 2 | 14 | |
| 1972-05-10 | Concertgebouw | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Set 2: | 22 | |
| 1972-05-07 | Festival Site | Bickershaw, UK | Set 2: | 20 | — |
| 1972-05-07 | Bickershaw Festival | Wigan, UK | Set 2 | 17 | |
| 1972-05-04 | L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix | Paris, France | Set 2: | 19 | — |
| 1972-05-04 | Olympia Theatre | Paris, France | Set 2 | 14 | |
| 1972-05-03 | L'Olympia Bruno Coquatrix | Paris, France | Set 1: | 12 | — |
| 1972-05-03 | Olympia Theatre | Paris, France | Set 1 | 13 | |
| 1971-11-06 | Harding Theater | San Francisco, California | — | 13 | |
| 1971-08-07 | Golden Hall | San Diego, California | Set 2 | 17 | — |
| 1971-07-31 | Yale Bowl | New Haven, CT | Set 2: | 17 | — |
| 1971-07-31 | Yale Bowl / Yale University | New Haven, CT | Set 2 | 17 | |
| 1971-07-02 | Fillmore West | San Francisco, California | Set 2: | 13 | |
| 1971-06-21 | Château d'Hérouville | Hérouville, France | Set II | 13 | |
| 1971-05-29 | Winterland Arena | San Francisco, California | — | 10 | |
| 1971-04-27 | Fillmore East | New York | Set II | 17 | |
| 1971-04-26 | Fillmore East | New York | Set II | 17 | |
| 1971-04-25 | Fillmore East | New York | Set 2: | 17 | |
| 1971-04-24 | Wallace Wade Stadium | Durham, NC | — | 11 | — |
| 1971-04-24 | Wallace Wade Stadium / Duke University | Durham, NC | Set 2 | 13 | |
| 1971-04-22 | Bangor Auditorium | Bangor, Maine | Set II | 13 | |
| 1971-04-17 | Dillon Gymnasium | Princeton, New Jersey | Set II | 16 | — |
| 1971-04-17 | Dillon Gym / Princeton University | Princeton, New Jersey | Set 2 | 16 | |
| 1971-04-15 | David Mead Field House / Allegheny College | Meadvllle, Pennsylvania | Set 2 | 12 | |
| 1971-04-14 | Bucknell University | Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | — | 6 | — |
| 1971-04-14 | Davis Gymnasium / Bucknell University | Lewisburg, Pennsylvania | Set 1 | 6 | |
| 1971-04-10 | Mayser Center / Franklin & Marshall College | Lancaster, Pennsylvania | Set 2 | 11 | |
| 1971-04-08 | The Music Hall | Boston, MA | Set II | 16 | — |
| 1971-04-08 | Boston Music Hall | Boston, MA | Set 2 | 14 | |
| 1971-04-05 | The Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center | New York | Set 2: | 17 | — |
| 1971-04-05 | Manhattan Center | New York | Set 2 | 17 |
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