Ballad of October 16-Almanac Singers

[ti:Ballad of October 16] [ar:The Almanac Singers] [al:Songs of Protest] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Ballad of October 16 - Almanac Singers [00:05.99]It was on a Saturday night [00:08.58]And the moon was shining [00:10.39]Bright [00:11.84]They passed the conscription bill [00:13.94] [00:16.68]And the people [00:18.06]They did say for many miles away [00:22.08]'Was the president and his boys on Capitol Hill [00:27.32]Oh Franklin' Roosevelt told [00:29.50] [00:30.51]The people how he felt [00:32.98]We damn near believed what he said [00:37.88]He said "I hate war [00:40.74]And so does Eleanor [00:43.06]But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead " [00:47.74] [00:57.82]When my poor old mother died [01:00.21]I was sitting by her side [01:03.14]A-promising to war I'd never go [01:07.55]But now I'm wearing khaki jeans [01:10.60]And eating army beans [01:12.71]And I'm told that JP Morgan loves me so [01:18.89]I have wandered over this land [01:21.32]A roaming working man [01:23.91]No clothes to wear [01:25.26]And not much food to eat [01:28.22]But now the government foots the bill [01:30.75]Gives me clothes and feeds me swill [01:33.12]Gets me shot and puts me underground six feet [01:38.12]Oh Franklin' Roosevelt told the people how he felt [01:43.36]We damn near believed what he said [01:47.86]He said "I hate war and so does Eleanor [01:52.75]But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead " [01:58.24] [02:06.81]Why nothing can be wrong [02:09.12]If it makes our country strong [02:11.77]We gotta get tough to save democracy [02:14.21] [02:16.07]And though it may mean war [02:18.28]We must defend Singapore [02:20.65]This don't hurt you half as much as it hurts me [02:25.35]Oh Franklin' Roosevelt told the people how he felt [02:30.47]We damn near believed what he said [02:34.84]He said "I hate war and so does Eleanor [02:39.60]But we won't be safe 'till everybody's dead "