所属专辑:ALMANAC SINGERS: Talking Union (1941-1942)
歌手: Almanac Singers
时长: 02:46
Ballad of October 16th - Almanac Singers[00:00:00]
Written by:Millard Lampell[00:00:01]
It was on a Saturday night and the moon was shing bright[00:00:07]
They passed the conscription bill[00:00:12]
And the people they did say for many miles away[00:00:17]
'Twas the president and his boys on capitol hill[00:00:22]
Oh Franklin Roosevelt told the people how he felt[00:00:27]
We damned near believed what he said[00:00:32]
He said I hate war and so does Eleanor[00:00:37]
But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead[00:00:42]
When my poor old mother died I was sitting by her side[00:00:56]
A promising to war I'd never go[00:01:02]
But now I'm wearing khaki jeans and eating army beans[00:01:06]
And I'm told that J P morgan loves me so[00:01:11]
I have wandered o'er this land a roaming working man[00:01:17]
No clothes to wear and not much food to eat[00:01:22]
But now the government foots the bill[00:01:26]
Gives me clothes and feeds me swill[00:01:28]
Gets me shot and puts me underground six feet[00:01:31]
Oh Franklin Roosevelt told the people how he felt[00:01:35]
We damned near believed what he said[00:01:40]
He said I hate war and so does Eleanor[00:01:45]
But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead[00:01:49]
Why nothing can be wrong if it makes our country strong[00:02:03]
We got to get tough to save democracy[00:02:08]
And though it may mean war[00:02:12]
We must defend singapore[00:02:14]
This don't hurt you half as much as it hurts me[00:02:16]
Oh Franklin Roosevelt told the people how he felt[00:02:21]
We damned near believed what he said[00:02:26]
He said I hate war and so does Eleanor[00:02:30]
But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead[00:02:35]