Peter, Paul & Mary - BROTHER, (BUDDY) CAN YOU SPARE A DIME? (See What Tomorrow Brings)
Once I built a railroad, I made it run
I made it run against time
Once I built a railroad, and now it's done
Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Once I built a tower way up to the sun
Of bricks and morter and lime
Once I built a tower, and now it's done
Buddy can you spare a dime?
Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell
Full of that Yankee-Doodlee-Dum
A half-a-million boots went sloggin' through hell
And I was the kid with the drum
Say don't you remember, you called me Al
It was Al all the time
Say don't you remember, I was your pal
Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Once I built a railroad, I made it run
I made it run against time
Once I built a railroad, and now it's done
Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Bing Crosby - Brother Can You Spare a Dime (03:11)
Perhaps the best known Depression-era song, Brother (or Buddy) Can You Spare a Dime? was initially
recorded by Bing Crosby and Rudy Vallee but has also been a host of other singers, including Al
Jolson, Peter Paul and Mary, Tom Waits and George Michael. It was written and first appeared in 1931
at the height of America's economic woes; it was used in a musical, featured in Franklin D.
Roosevelt's presidential election campaign and reached number one on the sales charts. The lyrics
tell of ...
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Actually, keep the original title, but change the lyrics-the line 'Once I built a railroad' becomes 'Once I built an airline' and the part about lining up for bread becomes a line about going to a food bank.