If you want things to stay as they are,
things will have to change.
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
TASK
the speaker is speaking in behalf of ………
How does he feel?
Why do they have to stand in line for a handout of bread?
Explain: followed the mob:
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.
They used to tell me I was building a dream, with peace and glory ahead,
Why should I be standing in line, just waiting for bread?
Once I built a railroad, I made it run, made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad; now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
Once I built a tower, up to the sun, brick, and rivet, and lime;
Once I built a tower, now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell,
Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum,
Half a million boots went slogging 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? Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell,
Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum,
Half a million boots went slogging 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.
Say, don't you remember, I'm your pal? Buddy, can you spare a dime?
When there was earth to plow, or guns to bear, I was always there right on the job.
They used to tell me I was building a dream, with peace and glory ahead,
Why should I be standing in line, just waiting for bread?
Once I built a railroad, I made it run, made it race against time.
Once I built a railroad; now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
Once I built a tower, up to the sun, brick, and rivet, and lime;
Once I built a tower, now it's done. Brother, can you spare a dime?
Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell,
Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum,
Half a million boots went slogging 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? Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell,
Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum,
Half a million boots went slogging 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.
Say, don't you remember, I'm your pal? Buddy, can you spare a dime?
Variations:
Once we had a …… A …….
Praise the Lord!
Life had meaning and hope.
Now we're stuck with ….. B…,
….. C…, ….. D…,
Brother, can you spare a rope?
Praise the Lord!
Life had meaning and hope.
Now we're stuck with ….. B…,
….. C…, ….. D…,
Brother, can you spare a rope?
Some cultural-language comments.
the speaker is speaking
in behalf of ………
for the impoverished and unemployed people in the country
How does he feel?
The speaker feels betrayed, powerless, and duped by a
country that used him, and he can't believe it.
Why do they have to
stand in line for a handout of bread?
Depression times.
Explain: followed the
mob:
'followed the mob' trying to live out what they had been
told was the American way. When the country needed farmers, laborers, any sort
of work to be done, and especially when they were called to war, the people saw
it as their duty
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