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Loveless C.C.C.

Hermann Beemans
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Loveless C.C.C. - Herman Beemans - 1937

This is another song about the Civilian Conservation Corp (see “CCC Blues” for additional notes). The origins of this song are unclear but it is set to the tune of “Careless Love” and reflects the hard work and homesickness the young men experienced. It seems to have been composed by a camper at the Broken Arrow camp in Oklahoma. It is sung here by Tommy Rhoden who learned it from a fellow campers ‘songbook.’ The camper was one Herman Beemans. It was quite common in the day for people to keep handwritten ‘songbooks’ or ‘ballad books’ with lyrics to their favorite songs.

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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.)
* Hard-boiled : an informal term that means though,unbending.

** O. D. : an abbreviation nthat stands for “Olive Drab “ an informal description of the color of army uniform

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Contributed by Pluck - 2025/7/22 - 06:35


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