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Thread #33458 Message #446704
Posted By: Louie Roy
22-Apr-01 - 02:10 PM
Thread Name: Scotty the Drifter and FDR songs
Subject: ADD: Roosevelt (FDR)^^
Alice I believe this song was written between April 1945 when FDR died and before 1946 because I learned it in 1946 ROOSEVELT A stranger stood at the gates of hell The devil himself answered the bell He looked him over from head to toe And said my friend I'd like to know What you have done in the line of sin That entitles you to come within Then Franklin D with his usual guile Stepped forth and flashed his toothy smile And said when I took over in 33 A nation's faith was placed in me I promised this and I promised that And calmed them down with a fireside chat I spent their money on fishing trips And fished from the deck of their Battleships I gave them jobs on the WPA And raised their taxes and took it away I raised their wages and closed their shops I killed their pigs and I burned their crops I double crossed both old and young And still the fools my praise they sung I brought back beer and what do you think I taxed it so high they couldn't drink I furnished money with Government loans And when they missed their payment I took their homes When I wanted to punish the folks you know I put Eleanor on the Radio I paid them to let their farms lie still And imported farm stuff from Brazil I curtailed crops when I felt real mean And shipped in corn from Argentine And when they'd they start to worry stew and fret I'd get to chanting the alphabet With the AAA and the NRB The WPA and the CCC'S With this many units I'd get their goat But still I crammed it down their throat My workers worked with the speed of snails While the tax payers chewed their fingernails When the organizer needed dough I closed up plants for the CIO I ruined jobs and I ruined health And put the screw on the richmans wealth And some who couldn't stand the gaff Would call on me and how I'd laugh When things got to strong on certain things I'd pack and head for Old Warm Springs I ruined the country their homes and then I placed the blame on 9 old men I gave them war in 41 And sent to foreign soils our native sons And the Jap Emperor had to go For I promised victory in Tokyo And Nazi Hitler I had to skin For I also promised victory in Berlin But the maker called before these deeds could be done And these missions will be completed by another son Now Franklin talked both long and loud And the devil stood and his head was bowed At last he said lets make it clear You'll have to move on you can't stay here For once you mingle with the mob I'd have to hunt myself another job ^^
I hope this is what you were looking for and I copied it from memory. Louie Roy