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He says it%26#039;s an old blues tune but has no idea who did it or how old it is. I think it%26#039;s a great little tune and is a lot of fun to play. If you know the

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%26quot;Brother can you spare a dime%26quot; has it%26#039;s roots in the depression of the early thirties. Someone may know who wrote it, but not me. it makes reference to the huge economic losses of many of America%26#039;s wealthiest people as well as all of those who didn%26#039;t have much to loose in the first place

~~~Once I built a railroad, now it%26#039;s done, brother can you spare a dime..~~~

A good counterpoint is Alabama%26#039;s %26quot;Song of the South%26quot;

~~~Somebody told us Wall Street fell, but we were so poor that we couldn%26#039;t tell...cotton was short and the weeds were tall but Mr. Roosevelt was going to save us all...~~~

%26quot;brother can you lend me a dime%26quot; this is a song a friend plays but we don%26#039;t know it%26#039;s origin. do you?

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The phrase was made famouse by Humphry Bogart in the movie The Treasures of the Sierra Madre.