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Deeana is as happy a banker’s assistant as you will find anywhere. Here she is preparing for a meeting in the executive boardroom.
Today’s youtube is the folk song Jolly Banker by Woody Guthrie. These song comes from the Great Depression when bankers were foreclosing on peoples homes and farms. Bankers were not very popular in the. This song seems to be once again timely timely in light of the recent financial crisis.
This recording was made by Alan Lomax in the 1940s.
Here is a cover of Jolly Banker by Wilco.
Here is a live recording in a music store with a lap steel guitar. The singer is musician and songwriter Chris Moore.
Woody Guthrie: JOLLY BANKER or THE BANKERS LAMENT Lyrics
My name is Tom Cranker and I’m a jolly banker
I’m a jolly banker, jolly banker am I
I safeguard the farmers and widows and orphans
Singin’ I’m a jolly banker, jolly banker am I
When duststorms are sailin’ and crops the are failim’
I’m a jolly banker, jolly banker am I
I check up your shortage and brink down your mortage
Singin’ I’m a jolly banker, jolly banker am I
When it’s money you’re needing and mouths you’re feeding
I’m a jolly banker, jolly banker am I
I’ll plaster your home with a furniture loan
Singin’ I’m a jolly banker, jolly banker am I
If you show me you need it, I’ll let you have credit
I’m a jolly banker, jolly banker am I
Just bring me back two for each one I lend you
I’m a jolly banker, jolly banker am I
When your car you are losing and sadly you’re cruising
I’m a jolly banker, jolly banker am I
I’ll come and foreclose, take your car and your clothes
Singin’ I’m a jolly banker, jolly banker am I
When the bugs get your cotton, and times they are rotten
I’m a jolly banker, jolly banker am I
I’ll come down and help you, I’ll rape you and scalp you
Singin’ I’m a jolly banker, jolly banker am I
When the landlords abuse you, or sadly misuse you
I’m a jolly banker, jolly banker am I
I’ll send down the police, keep you from mischief
I’m a jolly banker, jolly banker am I
