Why did I ever Join the C.C.C.? Oh, why did I join the C.C.C. Why did I join the C.C.C.? This old hard labor's killing me.
They treat me like a dirty dog I have to slave down in a log And they feed me like a hog Oh, why did I join the C.C.C.?
I haft to work most ever day Five bucks a mounth is my pay I'm just a wasting my life away Oh, why did I join the C.C.C.?
The Lieut. sure is hard-boiled [*]. His hands and clothes are never soiled When I come in all day I've toiled Oh, why did I join the C.C.C.?
These O. D. [**] clothes sure is hot They'll make you scratch a whole lot They'll make you wish you'd never got Into this old C.C.C.
Fonte :Library of Congress
(Copied literatim from the text in Herman Beeman's ballet book. Song written by Beeman's bunk-mate in Brokenair CCC Camp, Oklahoma, 1937.)
They treat me like a dirty dog I have to slave down in a log And they feed me like a hog Oh, why did I join the C.C.C.?
I haft to work most ever day Five bucks a mounth is my pay I'm just a wasting my life away Oh, why did I join the C.C.C.?
The Lieut. sure is hard-boiled [*]. His hands and clothes are never soiled When I come in all day I've toiled Oh, why did I join the C.C.C.?
These O. D. [**] clothes sure is hot They'll make you scratch a whole lot They'll make you wish you'd never got Into this old C.C.C.
Fonte :Library of Congress
(Copied literatim from the text in Herman Beeman's ballet book. Song written by Beeman's bunk-mate in Brokenair CCC Camp, Oklahoma, 1937.)
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** O. D. : an abbreviation nthat stands for “Olive Drab “ an informal description of the color of army uniform
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