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Big Bill Broonzy: el blues de la hambruna

Starvation Blues, de Big Bill Broonzy (1928)

Starvation in my kitchenrent sign's on my doorAnd if my luck don't changeI can't stay at my home no moreAnd I got up this morningjust about the dawn of dayMean I ain't got no jobI ain't got no place to stayLord I walked to a storeI ain't got a dimeWhen I asked for a darn neckbonethe clerk don't pay me no mindLord Lord mama some old rainy dayMean my luck going to changeand I going to be treated this a way

Crack y diáspora

La ciudad: vanas esperanzasNut Factory Blues, de ‘Hi’ Henry Brown (1932)

Jellyroll keep workingjust about Sixteenth StreetWell they got a nut factorywhere the women do meetGot a nut factorywhere they work so hardWell it's all over the countryhusbands ain't got no jobSaturday eveningwhen they draw their payWell they don't draw nothingif husbands don't draw them awaySome draw checks babesome draw nothing at allWhen they don't draw nothingtheir husbands bust them in the jawDown on Franklin Avenuejellybeans standing to and froWell you hear one jellybean ask the other onewhich way did the good girl go

La ciudad: HoovervillesIt's Hard Time, de Joe Stone (1933)

And it's hard time herehard time everywhereI went down to the factorywhere I worked three yearAnd the bossman told meman I ain't hiring hereNow we have a little citythat they call down in Hooverville

Hard Times”The negro was born in depression. It didn't mean too much to him, The Great

American Depression, as you call it. It only became official when it hit the white man.”

Hard Time Ain't Gone No Where, de Lonnie Johnson (1937)

People is hollering about hard timestell me what it's all about

Hard times don't worry meI was broke when it first started out

Friends it could be worseryou don't seem to understand

Some is crying with a sack of gold under each armand a loaf of bread in each hand

If you're a single manyou better drink and have your fun

Because when that lovebug bites youthen your worries ain't never done

People raving about hard timesI don't know why they should

If some people was like methey didn't have no money when times was good

Camino del matadero

Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues, de Skip James (1931) Hard times here : everywhere you goTimes is harder : than ever been beforeWell the people are drifting : from door to doorCan't find no heaven : I don't care where they goLet me tell you people : just before I goThese hard times will kill you : just dry long soWhen you hear me singing : my so lonesome songThese hard times : can last us so very longIf I ever get off : this killing floorI'll never : get down this low no moreIf you say you had money : you better be sureBecause these hard times will drive you : from door to doorSing this song : and I ain't going to sing no moreHard times will drive you : from door to door

Sin trabajo, sin dinero…

Tight Times Blues (Leroy Carr) Woke Up Cold in Hand

(Jazz Gillum)Hard Time Blues

(Francis Scrapper Blackwell)We Sure Got Hard Times Now

(Barbecue Bob)

Barefoot Bill's Hard Luck Blues(Barefoot Bill)

Pánico en Wall StreetThe Panic Is On, de Hezekiah Jenkins (1931) What this country is coming toI sure would like to know, If they don't do somethin' bye and byeThe rich will live and the poor will dieDoggone, I mean the panic is on. Can't get no work, can't draw no payUnemployment gettin' worser every day. Nothin' to eat, no place to sleepAll night long folks walkin' the street. Doggone, I mean the panic is on. All the landlords done raised the rentsFolks that ain't broke is badly bent. Where they got dough from, goodness knowsBut if they don't produce it, in the street they goes. Doggone, I mean the panic is on.Some play the numbers, some read your mindThey all got a racket of some kind Some trimmin' corns off of people's feetThey got to do somethin' to make ends meet. Doggone, I mean the panic is on. Some women are sellin' apples, some sellin' piesSome sellin' gin and rye, Some sellin' socks to support they manIn fact, some are sellin' everything they can. Doggone, I mean the panic is on. I pawned my clothes and everythingPawned my jewelry, watch and my ring, Pawned my razor and my gunSo if luck don't change - there'll be some stealin' done, Doggone, I mean the panic is on

Llegó la salvación

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 – 1945)

El lobo que cuidaba ovejas…

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Sylvester y su mula JesseSylvester and his mule, de Memphis Minnie (1935) Sylvester went out on his lot, he looked at his muleAnd he decided he send the President some newsSylvester went out on his lot, and he looked at his muleAnd he decided he send the President some news Sylvester walked out across his field, begin to pray and moanHe cried, "Oh, lord, believe I'm gonna lose my home"Sylvester walked out across his field, begin to pray and moanHe cried, "Oh, lord, believe I'm gonna lose my home" He thought about the President, he got on the wire"If I lose my home, I believe I'll die"He thought about the President, he got on the wire"If I lose my home, I believe I'll die" First time he called, he get him somebody else"I don't want to talk to that man, I want to speak to Mr. President RooseveltFirst time he called, he get him somebody else"I don't want to talk to that man, I want to speak to Mr. President Roosevelt He said, "Now, Sylvester, you can rest at easecatch that big, black jackass and go to the fieldHe said, "Now, Sylvester, you can rest at easecatch that big, black jackass and go to the field

New DealLife Is Just a Book(Washboard Sam)

W. P. A. Blues(Casey Bill)

Working on the Project(Peetie Wheatstraw)

That Man on the WPA(Billie McKenzie)

CCC Blues(Washboard Sam)

N.R.A. Blues(Bill Cox)

I'm going down, I'm going down, to the CCCI'm going down, I'm going down, to the CCCI know that the WPA won't do a thing for me

I told her my name and the place I stayShe said she'd give me a piece of paper, come back some other dayI'm going down, I'm going down, to the CCCI know that the WPA won't do a thing for me

When you gonna join the NRA, sweet thing, sweet thingWhen you gonna join the NRAI never have heard the big boss saySweet thing, yes baby mine

La decepciónDirty Deal Blues, de Robert Wilkins (1935)

Early one morningbaby something was on my mindI thinking about my welfareand I just couldn't keep from cryingOh I cried one timemama your daddy ain't going to cry no moreLord I made up in my mind pretty mamahonest great God let you goGoodbye pretty mamaoh baby fare thee wellLord I'm afraid to meet youin that other world somewhereOh baby I'm so gladthat this whole round world do knowThat every living creaturemmm reap just what they sowThat's the reason why you hear me cryingLord please have mercy on meBecause I don't want my womanmmm reap no bad seedThat's the reason why I'm through telling herabout her dirty dealPlease Godmake my woman reap righteous seed

La decepciónDirty Deal Blues, de Robert Wilkins (1935)

Early one morningbaby something was on my mindI thinking about my welfareand I just couldn't keep from cryingOh I cried one timemama your daddy ain't going to cry no moreLord I made up in my mind pretty mamahonest great God let you goGoodbye pretty mamaoh baby fare thee wellLord I'm afraid to meet youin that other world somewhereOh baby I'm so gladthat this whole round world do knowThat every living creaturemmm reap just what they sowThat's the reason why you hear me cryingLord please have mercy on meBecause I don't want my womanmmm reap no bad seedThat's the reason why I'm through telling herabout her dirty dealPlease Godmake my woman reap righteous seed

El héroe

His Spirit Lives On, de Big Joe Williams (1945)

Well you know that President Roosevelt he was awful fine,He helped the crippled boys and he almost healed the blind,Oh yes, gonna miss President Roosevelt.Well he’s gone, he’s gone, but his spirit always 'll on.He traveled out East, he traveled to the West,But of all the Presidents, President Roosevelt was the best,Oh yes, gonna miss President Roosevelt.Well now he traveled by land and he traveled by sea,He helped the United States boys, and he also helped Chinese,Oh yes, gonna miss President Roosevelt.President Roosevelt went to Georgia boy, and he ride around and round,President Roosevelt went to Georgia boy, and he ride around and round,I guess he imagined he seen that Pale Horse when they was trailin' him down.Oh yes, gonna miss President Roosevelt.Well now the rooster told the hen "I want to crow,You know President Roosevelt has gone, can’t live in this shack no more,"Oh yes, we’re gonna miss President Roosevelt,Well he’s gone, he’s gone, but his spirit always’ll live on.

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