<P> In the film , Sinatra sings the title song . His recording became a national hit . The music was written by Earl Robinson . Robinson was later blacklisted during the McCarthy era for being a member of the Communist Party . He also wrote campaign songs for the presidential campaigns of Franklin D. Roosevelt , Henry A. Wallace , and , in 1984 , Jesse Jackson . The lyrics were written in 1943 by Abel Meeropol under the pen name Lewis Allan . In 1957 Meeropol adopted two boys , Michael and Robert , who had been orphaned when their parents Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in 1953 . Meeropol was enraged that the second verse of the song was not used in the film . When the film premiered , he protested against the deletion of the verse referring to `` my neighbors white and black '' . </P>
<P> In the film , Sinatra sings the title song . His recording became a national hit . The music was written by Earl Robinson . Robinson was later blacklisted during the McCarthy era for being a member of the Communist Party . He also wrote campaign songs for the presidential campaigns of Franklin D. Roosevelt , Henry A. Wallace , and , in 1984 , Jesse Jackson . The lyrics were written in 1943 by Abel Meeropol under the pen name Lewis Allan . In 1957 Meeropol adopted two boys , Michael and Robert , who had been orphaned when their parents Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed in 1953 . Meeropol was enraged that the second verse of the song was not used in the film . When the film premiered , he protested against the deletion of the verse referring to `` my neighbors white and black '' . </P>
who wrote the song the house i live in
who wrote the song the house i live in
Earl Robinson Abel Meeropol
Earl Robinson Abel Meeropol