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Artist/Band: Woody Guthrie
Lyrics for Song: Dear Mrs. Roosevelt
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs - Woody Guthrie



Dear Mrs. Roosevelt, don't hang your head and cry;

His mortal clay is laid away, but his good work fills the sky;

This world was lucky to see him born.



He's born in a money family on that Hudson's rocky shore;

Outrun every kid a-growin' up 'round Hyde Park just for fun;

This world was lucky to see him born.



He went away to grade school and wrote back to his folks;

He drew such funny pictures and always pulling a joke;

This world was lucky to see him born.



He went on up towards Harvard, he read his books of law;

He loved his trees and horses, loved everything he saw;

This world was lucky to see him born.



He got struck down by fever and it settled in his leg;

He loved the folks that wished him well as everybody did;

This world was lucky to see him born.



He took his office on a crippled leg, he said to one and all:

"You money changin' racket boys have sure 'nuff got to fall;"

This world was lucky to see him born,



In senate walls and congress halls he used his gift of tongue

To get you thieves and liars told and put you on the run;

This world was lucky to see him born,



I voted for him for lots o' jobs, I'd vote his name again;

He tried to find an honest job for every idle man;

This world was lucky to see him born,



He helped to build my union hall, he learned me how to talk;

I could see he was a cripple but he learned my soul to walk;

This world was lucky to see him born.



You Nazis and you fascists tried to boss this world by hate;

He fought my war the union way and the hate gang all got beat;

This world was lucky to see him born.



I sent him 'cross that ocean to Yalta and to Tehran;

He didn't like Churchill very much and told him man to man;

This world was lucky to see him born.



He said he didn't like DeGaulle, nor no Chiang Kai Shek;

Shook hands with Joseph Stalin, says: "There's a man I like!"

This world was lucky to see him born.



I was torpedoed on my merchant ship the day he took command;

He was hated by my captain, but loved by all ships hands;

This world was lucky to see him born.



I was a Gl in my army camp that day he passed away,

And over my shoulder talkin' I could hear some soldier say:

"This world was lucky to see him born."



I guess this world was lucky just to see him born;

I know this world was lucky just to see him born;

This world was lucky to see him born.


Album Lyrics: Other Songs - Woody Guthrie


Woody Guthrie
"Other Songs - Woody Guthrie"


1. 900 Miles
2. A Dollar Down
3. All You Fascists
4. Bling Blang
5. Bubble Gum
6. Danville Girl, No. 2
7. Dead Or Alive
8. Dear Mrs. Roosevelt
9. Dusty Old Dust (So Long It's Been Good To Know Yuh)
10. Get Along Little Doggies
11. Goodnight Irene
12. Jiggy Jiggy Bum
13. My Dolly
14. My Yellow Crayon
15. Put Your Finger In The Air
16. Race You Down The Mountain
17. Sixteen Tons
18. Skip To My Lou
19. Sleep Eye
20. Slipknot (Hangknot, Slipknot)
21. Springfield Mountain
22. The Dying Miner
23. The Many And The Few
24. This Train Is Bound For Glory
25. Tom Joad
26. Union Maid
27. Waiting At The Gate
28. Wake Up
29. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet