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Billy Bragg and Wilco
Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III
The Jolly Banker

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Billy Bragg and Wilco

The Jolly Banker

Release date: 29th November 2013

From Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III

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About This Track

"The Jolly Banker" is a track by Billy Bragg and Wilco, from the album Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III, released 29th November 2013. Full lyrics are available below.

Lyrics

The Jolly Banker

[Verse 1]

My name is Tom Cranker and I'm a jolly banker

I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I

I safeguard the farmers and widows and orphans

Singin' I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I

[Verse 2]

When dust storms are sailing and crops they are failing

I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I

I check up your shortage and bring down your mortgage

Singin' I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I

[Verse 3]

When money you're needing and mouths you are feeding

I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I

I'll plaster your home with a furniture loan

Singin' I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I

[Verse 4]

If you show me you need it, I'll let you have credit

I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I

Just bring me back two for the one I lend you

Singin' I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I

[Verse 5]

When your car you're losin', and sadly you're cruisin'

I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I

I'll come and foreclose, get your car and your clothes

Singin' I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I

[Verse 6]

When the bugs get your cotton, the times they are rotten

I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I

I'll come down and help you, I'll rape you and scalp you

Singin' I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I

[Verse 7]

When the landlords abuse you or sadly misuse you

I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I

I'll send down the police chief to keep you from mischief

Singin' I'm a jolly banker, jolly banker am I

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Track details

From Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III

2013

Album

Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III

Billy Bragg and Wilco

Release year

2013

—Bugeye Jim
—Be Kind to the Boy on the Road
—Ain'ta Gonna Grieve
—Don’t You Marry
—Chain of Broken Hearts
—Give Me a Nail
—Go Down to the Water
—Gotta Work
—Listening to the Wind That Blows
—I’m Out to Get
—Jailcell Blues
—My Thirty Thousand
—Ought to Be Satisfied Now
—Union Prayer
—When the Roses Bloom Again
—Tea Bag Blues
—The Jolly Banker

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Billy Bragg and Wilco — Tea Bag Blues (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Bugeye Jim (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Be Kind to the Boy on the Road (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Ain'ta Gonna Grieve (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Don’t You Marry (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Chain of Broken Hearts (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Give Me a Nail (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Go Down to the Water (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Gotta Work (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Listening to the Wind That Blows (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — I’m Out to Get (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Jailcell Blues (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — My Thirty Thousand (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Ought to Be Satisfied Now (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Union Prayer (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — When the Roses Bloom Again (from Mermaid Avenue, Vol. III)
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Black Wind Blowing
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Remember the Mountain Bed
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Billy Bragg and Wilco — Secrets of the Sea
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Billy Bragg and Wilco — Someday Some Morning Sometime
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Billy Bragg and Wilco — Joe DiMaggio Done It Again
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Aginst the Law
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Against th' Law
Billy Bragg and Wilco — Another Man's Done Lost

Against th' Law
Aginst th’ Law
Aginst the Law
Ain'ta Gonna GrieveMermaid Avenue, Vol. III
Airline to Heaven
All You Fascists
Another Man's Done Lost
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Black Wind Blowing
Blood of the Lamb

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Credits

Writer: Woody Guthrie
Producer: Jason Tobias, Jim Scott
Bass: John Stirratt
Drums: Glenn Kotche
Vocals: Jeff Tweedy
Acoustic Guitar: Jeff Tweedy
Additional Recording: Jason Tobias
Hammond B-3 Organ: Mikael Jorgensen
Harpsichord: Pat Sansone
Lap Steel Guitar: Nels Cline
Mastering Engineer: Bob Ludwig
Mixing Engineer: Jim Scott
Percussion: Feist, Glenn Kotche
Recording Engineer: Jim Scott