Once I built a railroad, I made it run,…

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?

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“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? ” (1931), performed as part of the play New Americana (1932) - Charlie Palloy version - Bing Crosby version - Tom Waits version

Other E. Y. Harburg Quotes

Follow the yellow brick road. - View Quote Details on Follow the yellow brick road.
Somewhere over the rainbow,
Way up high
There’s a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby.
Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true. - View Quote Details on Somewhere over the rainbow,
Way up high
There’s a land…
So I ask each weepin’ willow
And each brook along the way,
And each lad that comes a-whistlin’ Tooralay
How are things in Glocca Morra
This fine day? - View Quote Details on So I ask each weepin’ willow
And each brook…
How are things in Glocca Morra?
Is that little brook still leaping there?
Does it still run down to Donny cove?
Through Killybegs, Kilkerry and Kildare? - View Quote Details on How are things in Glocca Morra?
Is that little…
We’re off to see the Wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
You’ll find he is a whiz of a Wiz! If ever a Wiz! there was. - View Quote Details on We’re off to see the Wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of…
No matter how high or great the throne,
What sits on it is the same as your own. - View Quote Details on No matter how high or great the throne,
What…
When I’m not near the girl I love, I love the girl I’m near. - View Quote Details on When I’m not near the girl I love, I love…
I am a rebel by birth…. I contest anything that is unjust, that causes suffering in humanity. My feelings about that are so strong, I don’t think I could live with myself if I weren’t honest. - View Quote Details on I am a rebel by birth…. I contest anything that…
Lives of great men all remind us greatness takes no easy way.
All the heroes of tomorrow are the heretics of today.
Socrates and Galileo, John Brown, Thoreau, Christ, and Debs
Heard the night cry down with traitors, and the dawn shout “Up the reds!” - View Quote Details on Lives of great men all remind us greatness takes no…
On the day I was born,
Said my father, said he
I’ve an elegant legacy waiting for ye.
Tis a rhyme for your lips
And a song for your heart
To sing it whenever the world falls apart. Look, look, look to the rainbow
Follow it over the hill and stream
Look, look, look to the rainbow
Follow the fellow who follows a dream. - View Quote Details on On the day I was born,
Said my father,…