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14 Sep 20 - 04:37 PM (#4071872) Subject: Lyr Add: Hard Times, Oscar Brand,Laughing America From: Mrrzy Hard Times As sung by Oscar Brand on Laughing America Chorus: And it’s hard, hard times Cho Come listen a while and I’ll sing you a song About modern times and it won’t take too long How every body is striving to buy And cheating each other and no one knows why Cho Father and mother and sister and brother Cousin and uncle is cheating each other The way that the cheating is going on here If a fellow is honest they think that he’s queer Cho Just notice your butcher who sells you the meat If he ain’t your friend then my friend, you don’t eat He charges you double for what’s on his list And he weighs in his elbow, his thumb and his fist Cho Now then there’s the merchant, so honest we’re told Whatever he sells you, my friend, you’ve been sold You’d better watch out so he don’t do you dirt Or you’ll leave his establishment minus your shirt Cho Then there’s the doctor- I like to’ve forgot With all of his smiles he’s the worst of the lot He’ll pill you he’ll purge you for half you possess Then keep you half dead so he gets all the rest Cho Now consider the lover who murmurs and sighs And swears that he worships your nose and your eyes He speaks in such wonderful colors and shades For he’s practiced so often on other young maids Cho Why there isn’t a fellow who hasn’t some plan For cheating the pants off of some honest man With everyone turning to evil or worse Perhaps we had better start cheating back first Cho Cho |
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14 Sep 20 - 04:38 PM (#4071873) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hard Times, Oscar Brand,Laughing America From: Mrrzy I was astounded not to find this version anywhere, I had to type it up myself. Ever tried to type up the lyrics to a song while listening to the Singaround? A new exercise in brain oddities. |
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14 Sep 20 - 08:51 PM (#4071889) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hard Times, Oscar Brand,Laughing America From: GUEST https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1011&context=englishunsllc Lyrics start p.103. However, it's the song Oscar parosied (if indeed he wrote the parody). |
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21 Feb 21 - 09:14 PM (#4094199) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Hard Times, Oscar Brand,Laughing America From: cnd Mrrzy, sorry I'm so late to seeing this! I've always really enjoyed Brand's playing and singing and am constantly shocked by how scarce his work online is. I know his reputation in the history community has suffered a bit by his propensity to, err, "remember" lyrics to songs no one else had heard before, but musically I've enjoyed most of his works I've heard. |