How I Saved Roosevelt
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That was President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ladies and gentlemen
Speaking to a crowd of supporters
Here at Miami's beautiful Bayfront Park
A group of notables are pressing in around
The President-elect's car
There's Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago and-
There's been a shot!
I can't see!
Wait! Mister Roosevelt is waving
He's alright
But Mayor Cermak has been hit
The police have somebody in custody
An immigrant
Giuseppe Zangara
We take you now to a group of eyewitnesses
Who will tell us what they saw
We're crowded up close
And I see this guy
He's squeezing by
I catch his eye
I say to him
"Where do you think you're trying to go, boy?
Whoa, boy"
I say, "listen, you runt
You're not pulling that stunt
No gentleman pushes their way to the front"
I say, "move to the back"
Which he does, with a grunt
Which is how I saved Roosevelt
Then- well, I'm in my seat
I get up to clap
I feel this tap
I turn, this sap
He says he can't see
I say, "find a lap
And go sit on it"
Which is how I saved-
Then he started to swear
And he climbed on a chair
He was aiming a gun
I was standing right there
So I push it as hard as I could in the air
Which is how I saved Roosevelt
Lucky I was there
That's why he was standing back too far
That's why when he aimed he missed the car
Just lucky I was there
Or we'd have been left bereft of FDR
You think that I scared?
No scared
You think that I care?
No care
I look at the world
No good
No fair
Nowhere
When I am a boy, no school
I work in a ditch, no chance
The smart and the rich ride by
Don't give no glance
Ever since then because of them!
I have the sickness in the stomach
Which is the way I make my idea
To go out and kill Roosevelt
First I was figure I kill Hoover
I get even for the stomach
Only Hoover up in Washington
Is wintertime in Washington
Too cold for the stomach in Washington
I go down to Miami, kill Roosevelt
No laugh
No funny
Men with the money
They control everything
Roosevelt, Hoover
No make no difference
You think I care who I kill?
I no care who I kill
Long as it's king!
The crowd's breaking up
When I hear these shots
And I mean lots
I though I'd plotz
I spotted him-
My stomach was tied in knots
So I barreled-
Harold!
No, what happened was this:
He was blowing a kiss (she means Roosevelt)
I was saying to Harold
"This weather is bliss!"
And to think that we might have missed
Seeing him miss
Lucky we were there!
It was a historical event
Worth every penny that we spent
Just lucky we were there
To think if I'd let him get up closer-
I saw right away he was insane
Oh, this is my husband
We're from Maine
He told me to sit
But I said, "no, sir!"
It made our vacation a real success
Are you with the press?
Yes
Oh, God, I'm a mess
Some left-wing foreigner
That's my guess (No!)
And wasn't the band just fantastic? (no left)
Oh! You think I am left? Ha!
No left
No right
No anything
Only American
Zangara have nothing
No luck
No girl
Zangara no smart
No school
But Zangara no foreign tool
Zangara American
American nothing!
And why there no photographers?
For Zangara no photographers
Only capitalists get photographers
No right! (Lucky I-)
No fair (was there)
Nowhere
So what? (I'm on the front page, is that bizarre?)
No sorry (and all of those pictures like a star)
And soon no Zangara (just lucky I was there!)
We might have been left
Pull switch!
Bereft of F-
Who cares?
No care no more (D!)
No! (R!)
Ladies and gentlemen
Speaking to a crowd of supporters
Here at Miami's beautiful Bayfront Park
A group of notables are pressing in around
The President-elect's car
There's Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago and-
There's been a shot!
I can't see!
Wait! Mister Roosevelt is waving
He's alright
But Mayor Cermak has been hit
The police have somebody in custody
An immigrant
Giuseppe Zangara
We take you now to a group of eyewitnesses
Who will tell us what they saw
We're crowded up close
And I see this guy
He's squeezing by
I catch his eye
I say to him
"Where do you think you're trying to go, boy?
Whoa, boy"
I say, "listen, you runt
You're not pulling that stunt
No gentleman pushes their way to the front"
I say, "move to the back"
Which he does, with a grunt
Which is how I saved Roosevelt
Then- well, I'm in my seat
I get up to clap
I feel this tap
I turn, this sap
He says he can't see
I say, "find a lap
And go sit on it"
Which is how I saved-
Then he started to swear
And he climbed on a chair
He was aiming a gun
I was standing right there
So I push it as hard as I could in the air
Which is how I saved Roosevelt
Lucky I was there
That's why he was standing back too far
That's why when he aimed he missed the car
Just lucky I was there
Or we'd have been left bereft of FDR
You think that I scared?
No scared
You think that I care?
No care
I look at the world
No good
No fair
Nowhere
When I am a boy, no school
I work in a ditch, no chance
The smart and the rich ride by
Don't give no glance
Ever since then because of them!
I have the sickness in the stomach
Which is the way I make my idea
To go out and kill Roosevelt
First I was figure I kill Hoover
I get even for the stomach
Only Hoover up in Washington
Is wintertime in Washington
Too cold for the stomach in Washington
I go down to Miami, kill Roosevelt
No laugh
No funny
Men with the money
They control everything
Roosevelt, Hoover
No make no difference
You think I care who I kill?
I no care who I kill
Long as it's king!
The crowd's breaking up
When I hear these shots
And I mean lots
I though I'd plotz
I spotted him-
My stomach was tied in knots
So I barreled-
Harold!
No, what happened was this:
He was blowing a kiss (she means Roosevelt)
I was saying to Harold
"This weather is bliss!"
And to think that we might have missed
Seeing him miss
Lucky we were there!
It was a historical event
Worth every penny that we spent
Just lucky we were there
To think if I'd let him get up closer-
I saw right away he was insane
Oh, this is my husband
We're from Maine
He told me to sit
But I said, "no, sir!"
It made our vacation a real success
Are you with the press?
Yes
Oh, God, I'm a mess
Some left-wing foreigner
That's my guess (No!)
And wasn't the band just fantastic? (no left)
Oh! You think I am left? Ha!
No left
No right
No anything
Only American
Zangara have nothing
No luck
No girl
Zangara no smart
No school
But Zangara no foreign tool
Zangara American
American nothing!
And why there no photographers?
For Zangara no photographers
Only capitalists get photographers
No right! (Lucky I-)
No fair (was there)
Nowhere
So what? (I'm on the front page, is that bizarre?)
No sorry (and all of those pictures like a star)
And soon no Zangara (just lucky I was there!)
We might have been left
Pull switch!
Bereft of F-
Who cares?
No care no more (D!)
No! (R!)
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:04.73] That was President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt
[00:07.96] Ladies and gentlemen
[00:09.45] Speaking to a crowd of supporters
[00:10.85] Here at Miami's beautiful Bayfront Park
[00:14.70] A group of notables are pressing in around
[00:16.96] The President-elect's car
[00:18.70] There's Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago and-
[00:22.69] There's been a shot!
[00:23.76] I can't see!
[00:24.88] Wait! Mister Roosevelt is waving
[00:26.67] He's alright
[00:27.72] But Mayor Cermak has been hit
[00:29.32] The police have somebody in custody
[00:31.67] An immigrant
[00:32.76] Giuseppe Zangara
[00:34.34] We take you now to a group of eyewitnesses
[00:36.76] Who will tell us what they saw
[00:42.01] We're crowded up close
[00:43.16] And I see this guy
[00:43.98] He's squeezing by
[00:45.06] I catch his eye
[00:46.05] I say to him
[00:46.83] "Where do you think you're trying to go, boy?
[00:48.94] Whoa, boy"
[00:50.00] I say, "listen, you runt
[00:50.88] You're not pulling that stunt
[00:52.14] No gentleman pushes their way to the front"
[00:53.99] I say, "move to the back"
[00:55.03] Which he does, with a grunt
[00:56.38] Which is how I saved Roosevelt
[00:58.11] Then- well, I'm in my seat
[00:59.46] I get up to clap
[01:00.55] I feel this tap
[01:01.56] I turn, this sap
[01:02.62] He says he can't see
[01:03.65] I say, "find a lap
[01:04.43] And go sit on it"
[01:06.02] Which is how I saved-
[01:06.54] Then he started to swear
[01:07.60] And he climbed on a chair
[01:08.70] He was aiming a gun
[01:09.42] I was standing right there
[01:10.52] So I push it as hard as I could in the air
[01:12.93] Which is how I saved Roosevelt
[01:15.49] Lucky I was there
[01:18.49] That's why he was standing back too far
[01:20.57] That's why when he aimed he missed the car
[01:22.65] Just lucky I was there
[01:26.50] Or we'd have been left bereft of FDR
[01:34.23] You think that I scared?
[01:38.74] No scared
[01:40.36] You think that I care?
[01:44.69] No care
[01:46.78] I look at the world
[01:48.90] No good
[01:50.69] No fair
[01:52.76] Nowhere
[01:54.54] When I am a boy, no school
[01:56.49] I work in a ditch, no chance
[01:58.59] The smart and the rich ride by
[02:00.43] Don't give no glance
[02:02.50] Ever since then because of them!
[02:04.36] I have the sickness in the stomach
[02:06.49] Which is the way I make my idea
[02:08.57] To go out and kill Roosevelt
[02:10.49] First I was figure I kill Hoover
[02:12.54] I get even for the stomach
[02:14.60] Only Hoover up in Washington
[02:17.01] Is wintertime in Washington
[02:19.19] Too cold for the stomach in Washington
[02:20.91] I go down to Miami, kill Roosevelt
[02:23.92] No laugh
[02:28.30] No funny
[02:33.03] Men with the money
[02:37.25] They control everything
[02:41.41] Roosevelt, Hoover
[02:43.32] No make no difference
[02:45.12] You think I care who I kill?
[02:47.25] I no care who I kill
[02:49.32] Long as it's king!
[02:53.86] The crowd's breaking up
[02:54.60] When I hear these shots
[02:55.79] And I mean lots
[02:56.55] I though I'd plotz
[02:57.68] I spotted him-
[02:58.29] My stomach was tied in knots
[02:59.55] So I barreled-
[03:00.94] Harold!
[03:01.64] No, what happened was this:
[03:02.84] He was blowing a kiss (she means Roosevelt)
[03:03.84] I was saying to Harold
[03:04.68] "This weather is bliss!"
[03:05.64] And to think that we might have missed
[03:07.21] Seeing him miss
[03:08.07] Lucky we were there!
[03:11.12] It was a historical event
[03:13.22] Worth every penny that we spent
[03:15.14] Just lucky we were there
[03:19.36] To think if I'd let him get up closer-
[03:23.37] I saw right away he was insane
[03:25.19] Oh, this is my husband
[03:26.28] We're from Maine
[03:27.32] He told me to sit
[03:28.12] But I said, "no, sir!"
[03:31.08] It made our vacation a real success
[03:34.98] Are you with the press?
[03:36.50] Yes
[03:37.00] Oh, God, I'm a mess
[03:38.16] Some left-wing foreigner
[03:40.43] That's my guess (No!)
[03:42.56] And wasn't the band just fantastic? (no left)
[03:47.02] Oh! You think I am left? Ha!
[03:50.95] No left
[03:52.55] No right
[03:53.48] No anything
[03:55.47] Only American
[03:57.56] Zangara have nothing
[03:59.67] No luck
[04:00.76] No girl
[04:01.52] Zangara no smart
[04:02.81] No school
[04:03.95] But Zangara no foreign tool
[04:05.94] Zangara American
[04:08.08] American nothing!
[04:10.45] And why there no photographers?
[04:12.29] For Zangara no photographers
[04:14.12] Only capitalists get photographers
[04:16.28] No right! (Lucky I-)
[04:17.83] No fair (was there)
[04:19.28] Nowhere
[04:20.15] So what? (I'm on the front page, is that bizarre?)
[04:21.73] No sorry (and all of those pictures like a star)
[04:23.97] And soon no Zangara (just lucky I was there!)
[04:27.87] We might have been left
[04:28.95] Pull switch!
[04:29.76] Bereft of F-
[04:30.76] Who cares?
[04:31.85] No care no more (D!)
[04:33.96] No! (R!)
[04:39.42]
[00:07.96] Ladies and gentlemen
[00:09.45] Speaking to a crowd of supporters
[00:10.85] Here at Miami's beautiful Bayfront Park
[00:14.70] A group of notables are pressing in around
[00:16.96] The President-elect's car
[00:18.70] There's Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago and-
[00:22.69] There's been a shot!
[00:23.76] I can't see!
[00:24.88] Wait! Mister Roosevelt is waving
[00:26.67] He's alright
[00:27.72] But Mayor Cermak has been hit
[00:29.32] The police have somebody in custody
[00:31.67] An immigrant
[00:32.76] Giuseppe Zangara
[00:34.34] We take you now to a group of eyewitnesses
[00:36.76] Who will tell us what they saw
[00:42.01] We're crowded up close
[00:43.16] And I see this guy
[00:43.98] He's squeezing by
[00:45.06] I catch his eye
[00:46.05] I say to him
[00:46.83] "Where do you think you're trying to go, boy?
[00:48.94] Whoa, boy"
[00:50.00] I say, "listen, you runt
[00:50.88] You're not pulling that stunt
[00:52.14] No gentleman pushes their way to the front"
[00:53.99] I say, "move to the back"
[00:55.03] Which he does, with a grunt
[00:56.38] Which is how I saved Roosevelt
[00:58.11] Then- well, I'm in my seat
[00:59.46] I get up to clap
[01:00.55] I feel this tap
[01:01.56] I turn, this sap
[01:02.62] He says he can't see
[01:03.65] I say, "find a lap
[01:04.43] And go sit on it"
[01:06.02] Which is how I saved-
[01:06.54] Then he started to swear
[01:07.60] And he climbed on a chair
[01:08.70] He was aiming a gun
[01:09.42] I was standing right there
[01:10.52] So I push it as hard as I could in the air
[01:12.93] Which is how I saved Roosevelt
[01:15.49] Lucky I was there
[01:18.49] That's why he was standing back too far
[01:20.57] That's why when he aimed he missed the car
[01:22.65] Just lucky I was there
[01:26.50] Or we'd have been left bereft of FDR
[01:34.23] You think that I scared?
[01:38.74] No scared
[01:40.36] You think that I care?
[01:44.69] No care
[01:46.78] I look at the world
[01:48.90] No good
[01:50.69] No fair
[01:52.76] Nowhere
[01:54.54] When I am a boy, no school
[01:56.49] I work in a ditch, no chance
[01:58.59] The smart and the rich ride by
[02:00.43] Don't give no glance
[02:02.50] Ever since then because of them!
[02:04.36] I have the sickness in the stomach
[02:06.49] Which is the way I make my idea
[02:08.57] To go out and kill Roosevelt
[02:10.49] First I was figure I kill Hoover
[02:12.54] I get even for the stomach
[02:14.60] Only Hoover up in Washington
[02:17.01] Is wintertime in Washington
[02:19.19] Too cold for the stomach in Washington
[02:20.91] I go down to Miami, kill Roosevelt
[02:23.92] No laugh
[02:28.30] No funny
[02:33.03] Men with the money
[02:37.25] They control everything
[02:41.41] Roosevelt, Hoover
[02:43.32] No make no difference
[02:45.12] You think I care who I kill?
[02:47.25] I no care who I kill
[02:49.32] Long as it's king!
[02:53.86] The crowd's breaking up
[02:54.60] When I hear these shots
[02:55.79] And I mean lots
[02:56.55] I though I'd plotz
[02:57.68] I spotted him-
[02:58.29] My stomach was tied in knots
[02:59.55] So I barreled-
[03:00.94] Harold!
[03:01.64] No, what happened was this:
[03:02.84] He was blowing a kiss (she means Roosevelt)
[03:03.84] I was saying to Harold
[03:04.68] "This weather is bliss!"
[03:05.64] And to think that we might have missed
[03:07.21] Seeing him miss
[03:08.07] Lucky we were there!
[03:11.12] It was a historical event
[03:13.22] Worth every penny that we spent
[03:15.14] Just lucky we were there
[03:19.36] To think if I'd let him get up closer-
[03:23.37] I saw right away he was insane
[03:25.19] Oh, this is my husband
[03:26.28] We're from Maine
[03:27.32] He told me to sit
[03:28.12] But I said, "no, sir!"
[03:31.08] It made our vacation a real success
[03:34.98] Are you with the press?
[03:36.50] Yes
[03:37.00] Oh, God, I'm a mess
[03:38.16] Some left-wing foreigner
[03:40.43] That's my guess (No!)
[03:42.56] And wasn't the band just fantastic? (no left)
[03:47.02] Oh! You think I am left? Ha!
[03:50.95] No left
[03:52.55] No right
[03:53.48] No anything
[03:55.47] Only American
[03:57.56] Zangara have nothing
[03:59.67] No luck
[04:00.76] No girl
[04:01.52] Zangara no smart
[04:02.81] No school
[04:03.95] But Zangara no foreign tool
[04:05.94] Zangara American
[04:08.08] American nothing!
[04:10.45] And why there no photographers?
[04:12.29] For Zangara no photographers
[04:14.12] Only capitalists get photographers
[04:16.28] No right! (Lucky I-)
[04:17.83] No fair (was there)
[04:19.28] Nowhere
[04:20.15] So what? (I'm on the front page, is that bizarre?)
[04:21.73] No sorry (and all of those pictures like a star)
[04:23.97] And soon no Zangara (just lucky I was there!)
[04:27.87] We might have been left
[04:28.95] Pull switch!
[04:29.76] Bereft of F-
[04:30.76] Who cares?
[04:31.85] No care no more (D!)
[04:33.96] No! (R!)
[04:39.42]