Boys in Green

In Nineteen Hundred and Thirty Three
 Off in Washington, DC
 Roosevelt created the CCC
 Like nothing we'd ever seen
 He called on fellers across the land
 To join together, lend a hand
 To learn a skill, to take a stand
 We were the boys in green
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 Hurrah for the love of the country
 Hurrah for the patriot's dream
 With their brains and their backs, with a pick and an axe
 Hurrah for the boys in green
 When I was lad of just eighteen
 We stocked the rivers, lakes and streams
 Together fueled this nation's dreams
 We were the boys in green
 We built the houses, cleared the land
 Ran the fences, built the dams
 Made quite a home for Uncle Sam
 We were the boys in green.
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 We build the bridges, trails and roads
 We dredged the lakes, we hauled the loads
 No more the beach or dune erodes
 We were the boys in green.
 We fought the fires, stemmed the floods
 Gathered seeds and planted woods
 That grew to be your neighborhoods
 We were the boys in green.
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 With shovel, trowel, hammer and spade
 We built this country, learned a trade
 By God, it's quite a world we made
 We were the boys in green.
 Now as an old man I stand perplexed
 In a world all paved and multiplexed
 And wonder, who is coming next
 Where are the boys in green?
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