Gene Autry-Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You (Gene Autry's Melody Ranch Radio Show 12/07/1947)

Gene Autry's December 7, 1947 Melody Ranch radio show marked the sixth anniversary of Pearl Harbor. The program's songs, humor, and the drama reflected that day and the war that followed.
It is important to understand the context in which Gene performed this number and who the post-World War II audience was in 1947.
Gene, who served in the Army Air Corps during World War II, introduces the song "Don't Bite the Hand That's Feeding You" by saying, "And now, I'd like to sing a song, that I've had the pleasure of doin' many, many times. Y'know, almost every day no matter where you go, you hear somebody say 'The thing that's wrong with this county is' and then they proceed to tell you about how much better it is somewhere else - and so for those Americans, I'm singing this song."
Gene Autry is backed by Carl Cotner's Orchestra for this performance.
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DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT'S FEEDING YOU
IF YOU DON'T LIKE YOUR UNCLE SAMMY
THEN GO BACK TO YOUR HOME O'ER THE SEA
TO THE LAND FROM WHERE YOU CAME
WHATEVER BE ITS NAME
BUT DON'T BE UNGRATEFUL TO ME
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE STARS IN OLD GLORY
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE
THEN DON'T ACT LIKE THE CUR IN THE STORY
DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT'S FEEDING YOU
LAST NIGHT AS I LAY SLEEPING
A WONDERFUL DREAM CAME TO ME
I SAW UNCLE SAMMY WEEPING
FOR HIS CHILDREN FROM OVER THE SEA
THEY HAD COME TO HIM, FRIENDLESS AND STARVING
AND HE TOOK THEM INTO THE FOLD
AND NOW WHILE IN TROUBLE HE NEEDS YOU
YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER YOUR OATH
IF YOU DON'T LIKE YOUR UNCLE SAMMY
THEN GO BACK TO YOUR HOME O'ER THE SEA
TO THE LAND FROM WHERE YOU CAME
WHATEVER BE ITS NAME
BUT DON'T BE UNGRATEFUL TO ME
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE STARS IN OLD GLORY
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE RED, WHITE, AND BLUE
THEN DON'T ACT LIKE THE CUR IN THE STORY
DON'T BITE THE HAND THAT'S FEEDING YOU
Words and Music by Thomas Hoier & Jimmie Morgan
Arranged by Carl Cotner
© 1942, Gene Autry's Western Music Publishing
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Boy what a uproar this would cause if this went viral.

[@libertylady1952]

Good song.

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