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Late Night: One Meatball

By Jeralyn

"You gets no bread with your one meatball."

"One Meatball" has been around at least since the depression. Bing Crosby, the Andrews Sisters and Josh White sang it during WWII. I really like the versions by Baby Jane Dexter and Ann Rabson, but I couldn't find videos of them. Here's the lyrics:

A little man walked up and down,
He found an eating place in town,
He read the menu through and through,
To see what fifteen cents could do.
One meatball, one meatball,
He could afford but one meatball.

He told the waiter near at hand,
The simple dinner he had planned.
The guests were startled, one and all,
To hear that waiter loudly call, "What?
"One meatball, one meatball?
Hey, this here gent wants one meatball."

The little man felt ill at ease,
Said, "Some bread, sir, if you please."
The waiter hollered down the hall,
"You gets no bread with one meatball.
"One meatball, one meatball,

Well, you gets no bread with one meatball."

The little man felt very bad,
One meatball was all he had,
And in his dreams he hears that call,
"You gets no bread with one meatball.
"One meatball, one meatball,

Well, you gets no bread with one meatball."

The economic picture gets bleaker by the day. The auto industry looks like its going to be next to face a meltdown. 401k's are tanking along with stocks and mutual funds. Retirement will be illusory for many as they have to tap into their 401k's early to pay their bills and credit card debt now that home equity loans are drying up.

It's also another reason never to privatize social security. If it were subject to being invested, like 401k's, it would be gone.

Unlike many, I don't think the election will be close. I think it will be a blow-out for Obama. But look what he's going to inherit.

We spent hundreds of of billions on an unneccessary, ill-advised war in Iraq and there's no money left for us when we need it. What a mess.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on October 12, 2008 (boomark / email).