Houston Post (Feb. 16, 1941), p. 1:

FIRST LADY WANTS RACY C.C.C. DITTY ON [sic] MUSICALE

Washington, Feb. 15. – (UP) – Mrs. Roosevelt said Saturday night that she hopes the library of congress [sic] will include in its repertoire at next Monday evening’s White House musicale a disrespectful folk song composed by the Civilian Conservation Corps boys.

President Roosevelt has heard the song which jibes at his pet agency. Two former C.C.C. boys sang it for him at a Labor Day picnic at Hyde Park last year. He thought it was swell, but Crown Princess Martha of Norway was astonished at the audacity of the song.

It is one of those folk tunes like ‘Franky and Johnnie [sic]’ which grow and grow, but here are five verses and the refrain the President heard last year:

I broke into a jeweler’s
And stole a thing or two,
They said ‘You better leave town, boy,
The cops are after you.

Refrain:

Oh, I don’t want no more of the C.C.C.!
See, bud, I wanna go home.

The salary that they pay you,
   They say is mighty fine;
They give you thirty dollars,
   And fine you twenty-nine.

When you go into the rec hall,
   You’d better bring your bunch,
And when you go into the mess hall,
   You’d better bring your lunch.

The pancakes that they feed you,
   They say they’re mighty fine.
I bounced one on a table,
    And killed a friend of mine.

The turkey that they feed you,
    They say it’s of the best.
We get the neck and feathers;
    The captain gets the rest.

The coffee that they feed you,
    They say it’s mighty fine;
Good for cuts and bruises –
    Just like iodine.

C.C.C. officials will attend the musicale which follows dinner at the White Hous. So will officials of the National Youth Administration, the Works Project Administration, the army and navy, and other agencies engaged in training youth. The purpose of the musicale, Mrs. Roosevelt said, is to demonstrate that this country has a real folk music suitable for singing in camps.