David Baerwald & LP – “Hi Ho Nobody’s Home” (2016)

Other Pleasures | Oct 02, 2017

It happens sometimes that you open the Internet and you hear:

Hi ho, nobody’s home.
Love nor hope nor honor have I none
Yet I will be merry…

sung with a voice you just would not mistake for any other voice.

Artwork for David Baerwald’s EP, Hellbound Train

Take your earphones, close your eyes and fly away.

 

✶ David Baerwald & LP – “Hi Ho Nobody’s Home” – Extreme Music

✶ David Baerwald & LP – “Hi Ho Nobody’s Home” – Spotify

 

Dear Veronica Tedderson, our connection with the other half of the world. We love you. Thank you.

Additional Info:

✶ This version of “Hi Ho Nobody’s Hone,” featuring LP, comes from David Baerwald’s EP, Hellbound Train (2016).

✶ David Baerwald is American singer-songwriter, musician and composer. He is a very versatile artist, who helped to launch Sheryl Crow’s career, and whose songs got recorded by artists like the opera super star, Luciano Pavarotti, jazz artist Holly Cole, country singer Waylon Jenning, and actors like Nicole Kidman and Ethan Hawke.

✶ “Hi Ho Nobody’s Home” was also featured in the season 1, episode 8 of “Mr. Mercedes,” an American TV series based on the novel by Stephen King. It tells the story of a psychopathic killer driving a stolen Mercedes and the detective who tries to capture him. It premiered on August, 2017.

✶ The original song quite likely dates back to the 16th century. It comes from  England and it was one of the favorite song of the carolers going doors to doors during Christmas.