8 thoughts on “ Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? ”

1. Brother, Can You Spare A Dime Lyrics: 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.

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2. "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" was composed for a Broadway musical called New Americana, and originally performed by a man playing the part of a sort of American "everyman." According to lyricist E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (who later penned "Somewhere Over the Rainbow"), the song was meant to capture the confused feeling of the times.

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3. Brother Can You Spare A Dime? is the chronicle of an unforgettable piece of American history - twelve crazy, painful seesaw years, from the Wall Street crash to Pearl Harbor. By juxtaposing contemporary news and documentary footage with extracts from Hollywood classics such as Golddiggers, Lady Killer and Wild Boys of the Road, director Reviews:

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4. Brother Can You Spare a Dime Lyrics: 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.

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5. Nov 15,  · In , a young New York City lyricist named E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, together with composer Jay Gorney, penned what is considered the anthem of the Great Depression, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?".

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6. Bing Crosby - Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? Lyrics. 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.

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7. Apr 03,  · Some unusual chords which let you find the melody (with practice)/5(3).

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8. Brother, can you spare a dime? Once in khaki suits Gee we looked swell Full of that yankee doodle dee 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?

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