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   Ain't Got No/I Got Life
  (1968) Gerome Ragni, James Rado, Gal McDermot
   
  Ain't got no home, ain't got no shoes
Ain't got no money, ain't got no class
Ain't got no friends, ain't got no schoolin'
Ain't got no wear, ain't got no job
Ain't got no man

Ain't got no father, ain't got no mother
Ain't got no children, ain't got no
Ain't got no earth, ain't got no water
Ain't got no ticket, ain't got no token
Ain't got no love

I got my hair, I got my head
I got my brains, I got my ears
I got my eyes, I got my nose
I got my mouth, I got my smile

I got my tongue, I got my chin
I got my neck, I got my tits
I got my heart, I got my soul
I got my back, I got my sex

I got my arms, I got my hands
I got my fingers, Got my legs
I got my feet, I got my toes
I got my liver, Got my blood

Got life , I got my life
 
   
  Recording session unknown
    LP 1977 Lamentations Versatile NED 1120
    LP 1978 Pure Gold/Nina Simone RCA FNL7250 [2:05]
    LP 1982 Artistry of RCA 5193
    CD 1990 Live Zeta ZET 532 [6:15]
    CD 1991 Nina Royal Collection RC 83138 [2:45]
    CD 1994 Fine and Mellow Broad Music BRCD 035
    CD 1994 The Tomato Collection Tomato R2 71712 [6:09]
    CD 1994 Ne Me Quitte Pas RCA 74321196582 [2:45]
    CD 1998 Forever Classic MasterMusic 0391
   
  Recording live session 1968, Paris, Olympia?
    LP 1975 The Great Show Live in Paris Festival [11:10]
    LP 1977 Live in Europe Trip TLP-8020(2) [11:10]
    CD 1988 The Great Show Live in Paris Accord 401672 [11:10]
    CD 1989 The Story Dejavu DVRECD 15 [0:36]
   
  Recording live session 1968 Apr. 7, Westbury, Westbury Music Fair -- (LP 'Nuff Said)
   Never issued, as far as I known
   
  Recording studio session 1968 May 13, New York, RCA Studios
    LP 1968 'Nuff Said RCA LPS 4065/40554 Applause added.
    CD 1988 Reflections RCA CD 90226 [0:05] Applause added.
    LP 1989 Laser Plus 22 RCA ND 90324 Applause added.
    CD 1990 51 Great Jazz Performances That's Jazz TJ401 [2:08] Applause added.
    CD 1993 Diamond Collection, The Very Best of Nina Simone Arcade 9902137 [0:07] Applause added.
    CD 1993 The Essential RCA 66307-2 Applause added.
    CD 1997 Saga of the Good Life and Hard Times RCA 07863 66997-2 [2:17] Original undubbed studio version.
    CD 1998 Sugar in my Bowl 1967-1972 RCA [2:16] Original undubbed studio version.
 
    CD 1997 Saga of the Good Life and Hard Times RCA 07863 66997-2 [3:07]
   
  Recording studio session 1968 Jun., Rome
   Never issued, as far as I known
   
  Recording live session 1969, Location unknown
    LP 1976 In Concert Live in Las Vegas Oxford 3006 [7:00] Listed as "I'm Gonna" on the cover. Nina says: "Why isn't this place filled..."
    CD 1990 Suzanne Moon Records MCD 031-2 [7:05]
   
  Recording live session 1969 Apr., Germany -- (LP A Very Rare Evening)
    LP 1969 Very Rare Evening PM PMR-018
   
  Recording live session 1969 Oct. 26, New York, Philarmonic Hall
    LP 1970 Black Gold RCA LSP 4248 [5:30]
   
  Recording live session 1977, Berkeley
    CD 0000 But Beautiful 290094 [4:41]
    LP 1977 Berkeley Concert Versatile NED 1124
    CD 1989 In Concert Remember RMB 75011 [0:12]
    CD 1993 The Great Goldies GLD 63134 [0:12]
   
  Recording live session 1980 Jul. 18, Montreal, Place Des Arts, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier -- The Rising Sun Collection.
    CD 1994 The Rising Sun Collection ENJA RSC 0004 [0:07]
 
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