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Ballad Of October 16 - The Almanac Singers[00:00:00]
It was on a Saturday night[00:00:05]
And the moon was shining[00:00:08]
Bright [00:00:10]
They passed the conscription bill [00:00:11]
And the people[00:00:16]
They did say for many miles away[00:00:18]
'Was the president and his boys on Capitol Hill [00:00:22]
Oh Franklin' Roosevelt told[00:00:27]
The people how he felt [00:00:30]
We damn near believed what he said [00:00:32]
He said "I hate war [00:00:37]
And so does Eleanor[00:00:40]
But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead "[00:00:43]
When my poor old mother died [00:00:57]
I was sitting by her side[00:01:00]
A-promising to war I'd never go [00:01:03]
But now I'm wearing khaki jeans[00:01:07]
And eating army beans[00:01:10]
And I'm told that JP Morgan loves me so [00:01:12]
I have wandered over this land [00:01:18]
A roaming working man [00:01:21]
No clothes to wear[00:01:23]
And not much food to eat [00:01:25]
But now the government foots the bill [00:01:28]
Gives me clothes and feeds me swill [00:01:30]
Gets me shot and puts me underground six feet [00:01:33]
Oh Franklin' Roosevelt told the people how he felt [00:01:38]
We damn near believed what he said [00:01:43]
He said "I hate war and so does Eleanor[00:01:47]
But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead "[00:01:52]
Why nothing can be wrong[00:02:06]
If it makes our country strong [00:02:09]
We gotta get tough to save democracy [00:02:11]
And though it may mean war[00:02:16]
We must defend Singapore [00:02:18]
This don't hurt you half as much as it hurts me [00:02:20]
Oh Franklin' Roosevelt told the people how he felt [00:02:25]
We damn near believed what he said [00:02:30]
He said "I hate war and so does Eleanor[00:02:34]
But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead "[00:02:39]