The Great 'come-And-Get-It' day

Now wait a minute, fellas
Maybe there is gold
And maybe again there ain't
You gonna dig up the ground
And wreck your whole spring tobacco crop?

But dang it, Woody
I been waitin' for a break like this all my life!

Well, you got your break
Now this little piece of yellow paper
This is as good as money
It's better, in fact!
This is credit!
Don't you see?
You can turn this into tractors!

(And turn the tractors into tobacco!)
And turn the tobacco into money
Faster than you can dig gold out of the ground
(You'll have everything you've ever hoped for!)

But when do we get all of this?
When, Woody?

On that great 'come-and-get-it' day
Won't it be fun when worry is done
And money is hay

That's the time things'll come your way
On that great, great 'come-and-get-it' day

I'll get my gal that calico gown
I'll get my mule that acre of ground
'Cause word has come from Gabriel's horn
The earth beneath your plow
Is a-buddin' and now it's yourn

Glory times comin' for to stay
On that great, great 'come-and-get-it' day

(Come and get it, come and get it
Come and get it, come and get it)
Says here (Come and get it, come and get it)
Says it in the good book, it says (Come and get it, come and get it)
What's it say? (Come and get it, come and get it)
A mighty mornin' is nigh (Come and get it, come and get it)
Universal fourth of July!

Gonna get your freedom
And pie (freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, pie)
Bells will ring in every steeple
What a day for people in overalls
Come, you free and you equal people
Come and get your gravy and two meatballs!

Says here
Come and get it, come and get it
What a day for banjos ringin'
Come and get your tests on a movie screen!
Can't you hear all the angels singin'?
Come and get your beer and your Benzadrine!

Says here
Come and get it, come and get it
Come and get it, come and get it
Come and get it, come and get it
Come!

There's gonna be world-shakin'
Bread-breakin' day (great day)

(Does that mean I can get a washin' machine?!)
Glory to you
(Can I get a waffle iron?)
With your initials
(Can I get a jukebox?)
Says here!
(How about a helicopter?)
A helicopter?
Huh!

Hallelujah
On that great 'come-and-get-it' day
Won't it be fun when worry is done
And money is hay

That's the time things'll come your way
On that great, great come-and-get-it day

My gown will be a calico gown
My feet will dance all over the town
'Cause word has come from Gabriel's horn
The earth beneath your plow
Is a-buddin' and now it's yourn (yes, now it's yourn)

Glory time is comin' for to stay (Glory time is comin' for to stay)
Glory, glory time is comin' for to stay (Glory time, glory time)
Glory, glory time is comin' (Glory time)
Glory time is comin' (Glory time)
Glory time is comin' (Glory time)
Glory time is comin'
Glory time is comin' for to stay
On that great, great 'come-and-get-it'
And keep it
And share it
Come and get it day!



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Writer(s): E. Y. Harburg, Burton Lane
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