3 Depression Era Songs (from Seewah)

This page gives lyrics to 3 prominent songs of the era that will probably be included in the songs list when the materials are released:

1. "Brother, Can You Spare A Dime" Lyrics by Yip Harpburg, Music by Jay Gorney
The two popular versions, sung by Bing Crosby

and Rudy Vallee

I listened to a pretty good deconstruction of the music on NPR.  Very detailed...


2. "Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries,"lyrics by Lew Brown, music by Ray Henderson

Again, Rudy Vallee and Bing Crosby have their versions of it, but I like this the best...
As sung by Jack Hylton


I can't find much background info, so do me a favor a look into this one and e-mail me what you find. Danke! ^^

3. "We're In the Money" Lyrics by Al Dubin, Music by Harry Warren
This song is from the music "Gold Diggers of 1933".  Here's the clip from the film:

This page does a pretty good job telling you about the movie...

Watch the movie
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZws4r7IQPk
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gGVryQDvv4&feature=related.

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Well, darlings, that's all for now. Don't forget, you can always do research on your own, type up a blog, and e-mail it to me. Keep up with reading Grapes of Wrath; we'll be focusing on that during the summer break (it'll be more of a open discussion session rather than the lectures from winter break... God, those went horribly).  I'm not sure if the official Acadec materials have been released yet, but Becca said they are so she's buggin' Mr. Hall about that. ANYHOO, get your music guides done.  Ciao!

-Seewahchu! ^3^ < <3)