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Brother, can you spare some toilet paper?

by Rev. Walter Klockers
| March 24, 2020 11:42 PM

One of the best-known songs of the Great Depression was “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” It was written in 1930 by lyricist E. Y. “Yip” Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, and sung by a number of vocalists, including Bing Crosby.

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