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Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? Lyrics |
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 Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?- words by Edgar "Yip" Harburg, music by Jay Gorney - from the third (1932) edition of the hit Broadway revue "Americana". - Edgar "Yip" Harburg (1898-1981) was a former electrician made bankrupt during the Depression. - Jay Gorney (1896-1990) was a Russian-born American composer, author and Hollywood film-producer. - as recorded by Bing Crosby with Lennie Hayton & his Orchestra October 25, 1932 in New York. They used to tell me I was building a dream And so I followed the mob When their was earth to plow or guns to bear I was always their right on the job They used to tell me I was building a dream With peace and glory ahead Why should I be standing in line Just waiting for bread? Once I built a railroad, I made it run Made it race against time Once I built a railroad, now it`s done Brother, can you spare a dime? Once I built a tower up to the sun Brick and rivet and lime Once I built a tower, now it`s done Brother, can you spare a dime? Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell Full of that Yankee-Doodly-dum Half a million boots went sloggin` through Hell And I was the kid with the drum Say, don`t you remember, they called me "Al" It was "Al" all the time Why don`t you remember, I`m your pal Say buddy, can you spare a dime? Once in khaki suits, ah gee we looked swell Full of that Yankee-Doodly-dum Half a million boots went sloggin` through Hell And I was the kid with the drum Oh, say, don`t you remember, they called me "Al" It was "Al" all the time Say, don`t you remember, I`m your pal Buddy, can you spare a dime? |
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