BROTHER, (BUDDY) CAN YOU SPARE A DIME ?
(Jay Gorney / E. Y. "Yip" Harburg)

Recorded by:

Dave Brubeck, Johnny Cash, Judy Collins, Steve Conway,
Connie Francis, E. Y. "Yip" Harburg, Phil Harris,
Tom Jones, Eartha Kitt, Peter, Paul & Mary, Mel Tormé,
Rudy Vallee……and others.


Once I built a railroad, I made
it run
I made it run against time
Once I built a railroad, and
now it's done
Buddy, can you spare a dime?

Once I built a tower way up to
the sun
Of bricks and morter and lime
Once I built a tower, and now
it's done
Buddy can you spare a dime?

Once in khaki suits, gee we
looked swell
Full of that Yankee-Doodlee-Dum

A half-a-million boots went
sloggin' through hell
And 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 was
your pal
Buddy, can you spare a dime?

Once I built a railroad, I made
it run
I made it run against time
Once I built a railroad, and
now it's done
Buddy, can you spare a dime?