Brother can you spare a dime

Editor’s note:At a time when the Great Depression in the United States is becoming increasingly serious,Facing the flood of condemnation,President Hoover was still considering new ways to conduct psychological warfare. He told Christopher Morley: "What our country needs now is a good poem."19326175_6244

Once I built a railroad, 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 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 Doodle De Dum

Half a million boots went slogging through hell.

I was the kid with the drum.

Say, don't you remember, they called me Al.

It was Al all the time.

Say, don't you remember, I'm your pal!

Brother, can you spare a dime?

Once in khaki suits,

Gee, we looked swell.

Full of that yankee Doodle De Dum

Half a million boots went slogging through hell.

I was the kid with the drum.

Say, don't you remember, they called me Al.

It was Al all the time.

Say, don't you remember, I'm your pal!

Brother, can you spare a dime?

Buddy, can you spare a dime?