Jolly Banker

Woody Guthrie: Jolly Banker
Wilco: Jolly Banker




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
singing i'm a jolly banker
jolly banker am i

when dust storms are sailing
and crops they are failing
i'm a jolly banker
jolly banker am i
i check up your shortage
and bring down your mortgage
singing i'm a jolly banker
jolly banker am i

when money you're needing
and mouths you are feeding
i'm a jolly banker
jolly banker am i
i'll plaster your home
with a furniture loan
singing 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 the one i lend you
singing i'm a jolly banker
jolly banker am i

when your car you're losing
and sadly your cruising
i'm a jolly banker
jolly banker am i
i'll come and forclose
get your car and your clothes
singing i'm a jolly banker
jolly banker am i

when the bugs get your cotton
the 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
singing 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 chief
to keep you from mischief
singing i'm a jolly banker
jolly banker am i

--Woody Guthrie




recent testimony by Jon Corzine before Congress