Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Beans, Bacon & Gravy, artist - Pete Seeger. Album song America's Political Storyteller No 1, Vol.2, in the genre Музыка мира
Date of issue: 22.12.2014
Record label: Membran Rights Management
Song language: English
Beans, Bacon & Gravy |
I was born long ago, in eighteen ninety four |
I’ve seen many a panic I will own |
I’ve been hungry, I’ve been cold, and now I’m growin' old |
But the worst I’ve seen is nineteen thirty one |
Oh those beans, bacon and gravy |
They almost drive me crazy |
I eat them 'til I see them in my dreams |
In my dreams |
When I wake up in the morning |
And another day is dawning |
I know I’ll have another mess of beans |
Well we congregate each morning, at the county barn at dawning |
Everyone is happy so it seems |
But when our day’s work is done, and we pile in one by one |
And thank the Lord for one more mess of beans |
We’ve Hooverized on butter, and for milk we’ve only water |
And I haven’t seen a steak in many a day |
As for pies, cakes and jellies, we substitute sour bellies |
For which we work the county road each day |
If there ever comes a time, when I have more than a dime |
They will have to put me under lock and key |
For they’ve had me broke so long, I can only sing this song |
Of the workers and their misery |