Brother Can You Spare a Dime - Thea Gilmore

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 me a dime?

Once I built a tower to the sun

Brake and rivet and line

Once I built a tower, now it’s done

Buddy, can you spare me a dime?

Once in khaki suits, boy, we looked swell

Full of that Yankee-Doodle-dum

Then half a million boots went truckin' off to Hell

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’m your pal

Buddy, can you spare me a dime?

Once in khaki suits, boy, we looked swell

Full of that Yankee-Doodle-dum

Then half a million boots went truckin' off to Hell

I was the kid with the drum

Oh, say, don’t you remember?

You called me «Al»

Then, it was «Al» all the time

Say, don’t you remember?

I’m your pal

Buddy, can you spare me a dime?

Oh, buddy, can you spare me a dime?

Yeah, buddy, can you spare me a dime?