Also sung as «Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?«, is one of the best-known American songs of the Great Depression.
Written in 1931 by lyricist E. Y. «Yip» Harburg and composer Jay Gorney, «Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?» was part of the 1932 musical New Americana; the melody is based on a Russian lullaby […]