Brother, Can You Spare A Dime by Bing Crosby

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Brother, Can You Spare A Dime
By: Bing Crosby

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Duration:	3:12
Release Date:	1932 (CapSuper)
Lyrics By:	Yip Harburg
Music By:	Yip Harburg (Tim P. Ryan)
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Licensing:	ASCAP #320093878
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Written for the stage show Americana. (Tim P. Ryan)

Recorded 1 week before the 1932 elections (CapSuper)

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They used to tell me I was building a dream
And so I followed the mob
When there was earth to plow or guns to bear
I was always there 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?
(I B Emerson)

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Available on the following albums:
16 Most Requested Songs	All the Number-One Hits [Box set]	Bing Crosby - His Greatest Hits of the 30s
Bing Crosby Story: 2003 Edition [Import]	Bing Sings: 20 Classics	Its Easy to Remember [Box set]
Number One Hits & Million Sellers [Import]	On the Sentimental Side [Import]	Only the Number 1s
Pennies From Heaven	Portrait of [Import]	Portrait of Bing Crosby
Swinging on a Star: His Fifty Greatest Hits of the 30s & 40s	The Centenary Collection [Import]	The Essential Bing Crosby [Original recording remastered]
The Golden Years of Bing Crosby [Import]	The Great [Import]	Too Marvellous for Words [Import]
Too Marvellous for Words: The Top Fifty of His Many Greatest Hits
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Played on 3 shows:
	02-16-92, #92-07	05-16-82, #82-20
	01-30-83, #83-05

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