Nineteen-twenty-nine
Some folks hollered hard times
in nineteen-twenty-nine.
In nineteen-twenty-eight
say I was way behind.
Some folks hollered hard times
because hard times were new.
Hard times is all I ever had,
why should I lie to you?
Some folks hollered hard times.
What is it all about?
Things were bad for me when
those hard times started out.
William Waring Cuney, “Nineteen-twenty-nine” from Storefront Church. Paul Breman Limited, 1973. Public domain.
Source:
Storefront Church
(1973)