@ThePunkPatriot You are so off on this one. I was 13 in 1969 when this came out and it wasn't the usual type of music I listened to , but the people I babysat for had this record, I thought it to be amusing at the time but really couldn't grasp it's true message till I grew up and paid a whole lot of taxes so others can sit on their asses and complain that we're not working hard enough or that we are selfish for wanting the full fruits of our labors. I am tired of the distain. for us workers.
This was my Grand Father...and just reading some of the questions from earlier posts. He ( Guy Drake ) wrote this song and NO it was never banned. The song went "gold" and after it fizzled, he sold the copyright.
If he were still around, he would not believe how true this song STILL is.
i want a welfare check, i'm sick of working. i want a caddie to drive to cash my gov. check. i want to tell everyone that they owe it to me. i want to be a big fat slob and make my children who i'm to lazy to support change the t.v. channel when i lose my remote. and keep having children when i don't work, with a women that never heard the term "lady" before. i want to attend church only when i'm there receiving money from god fearing people so i can spend it in nudy bars.
Hey retard, you tell me where anyone has the right to the rewards for my labor! Also, while you are at it, point out where I mentioned anything about race. The fact that you make such assumptions shows that it is YOU who is the ignorant bigot.
He did too... Don't speak of things you don't know! This song had nothing to do with race..and the only thing that was not true was the "10 kids"..Grandpa only had 4!!
If I remember correctly, this came out when Lyndon Johnson was president and he forbade it to be played anywhere near him. Bet the Obama sends out the bucks by the sack! Maybe even by the truckload!
I thank my dad for bringing me home this 45 rpm on Royal American Records... He listened to WHN am NY country music. Since I was a kid 8years old I listened to pop..but I realized that this guy was great! Since then I got the album and the sheet music.. A great song and this is a great video... Don't forget the flip side "Keep off the grass!!
Is it true that his album with Welfare Cadillac was banned? I heard that rumor years ago. If so, I figure it was because there was too much truth in it!
This is Guy Drake..He let Sheb Wooley record this song one time and he recorded one of Sheb Wooley's songs.Guy Drake was also on Johnny Carson Show.
countrygril5151 2 days ago
i still have it on a 45
badburbonbob 4 months ago
You can't find anything on him, because, his real name is Shelby Wooley. He sings under Sheb Wooley, Ben Colder and only 1 album under Guy Drake.
JohnSwithen 5 months ago
What ever happened to Guy Drake anyway?
Ive been trying to come up with info on him but, Havent really found anything.
Is Guy Drake his real name or a stage name?
skeeterhoss 1 year ago
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JohnSwithen 5 months ago
A True Classic..In Song & Gentleman!!
gospelpianmanone 1 year ago
@ThePunkPatriot You are so off on this one. I was 13 in 1969 when this came out and it wasn't the usual type of music I listened to , but the people I babysat for had this record, I thought it to be amusing at the time but really couldn't grasp it's true message till I grew up and paid a whole lot of taxes so others can sit on their asses and complain that we're not working hard enough or that we are selfish for wanting the full fruits of our labors. I am tired of the distain. for us workers.
pjgumby 1 year ago
Ok...
lets put our money where our mouth is...
Ending welfare for the poor will take a while to do,
So lets end CORPORATE WELFARE (welfare condensed and consolidated) - FIRST - then we can lead by example !!!
what da y'all think ?
xylin3 1 year ago
This was my Grand Father...and just reading some of the questions from earlier posts. He ( Guy Drake ) wrote this song and NO it was never banned. The song went "gold" and after it fizzled, he sold the copyright.
If he were still around, he would not believe how true this song STILL is.
jeflatt 2 years ago 4
all these years later & it's still true...
perhaps a new version should be written to include Obama's healthcare reform???
75freeman 2 years ago
i want a welfare check, i'm sick of working. i want a caddie to drive to cash my gov. check. i want to tell everyone that they owe it to me. i want to be a big fat slob and make my children who i'm to lazy to support change the t.v. channel when i lose my remote. and keep having children when i don't work, with a women that never heard the term "lady" before. i want to attend church only when i'm there receiving money from god fearing people so i can spend it in nudy bars.
onemarktwoyou 2 years ago 2
sounds like the american dream :)
OTTOTAVYOTTO 2 years ago
Great song, so true.
Looter246 2 years ago
lol my names drake porter
DDrake961 2 years ago
once upon a time in America if you didn't work you didn't eat
And taxes were cheap.
Now you can lay on your ass
and be supported by the working class.
710britt 2 years ago 22
aint that the truth!!!
americanillusionist 2 years ago 4
Very funny! Did you write that, or did someone else write it?
jamesjeffreypaul 2 years ago
Hey retard, you tell me where anyone has the right to the rewards for my labor! Also, while you are at it, point out where I mentioned anything about race. The fact that you make such assumptions shows that it is YOU who is the ignorant bigot.
McNabbulous 2 years ago 2
Hold on there, folks. Tis true and always has been, but never more than now.
hotair . c o m / archives / 2009/05/08/coming-next-welfare-cars
Take out the spaces to make the link work.
nogcatcher 2 years ago 3
LOL nogcatcher,thanks for slapping Mr kevinbailey and reason4yourself upside their heads with a dose of reality. HA HA HA
easystreet123 2 years ago 3
Fabulous!!!
Dougman2038 2 years ago 3
He did too... Don't speak of things you don't know! This song had nothing to do with race..and the only thing that was not true was the "10 kids"..Grandpa only had 4!!
RollTide0Aggies 2 years ago 2
No Mr. Bailey...it is you who are clueless. By paying healthy able bodied people not to work, you get a welfare Cadillac mentality.
dbowie007 3 years ago 5
This song is SO TRUE!
thekeyboardologist 3 years ago 4
Thanks for posting. It' great to hear this again !
zener39 3 years ago 4
If I remember correctly, this came out when Lyndon Johnson was president and he forbade it to be played anywhere near him. Bet the Obama sends out the bucks by the sack! Maybe even by the truckload!
7lloyd777 3 years ago 5
Nixon was president in '70 when the song came out. Johnson may have been president when he wrote the song.
OnePyroTec 3 years ago 4
I thank my dad for bringing me home this 45 rpm on Royal American Records... He listened to WHN am NY country music. Since I was a kid 8years old I listened to pop..but I realized that this guy was great! Since then I got the album and the sheet music.. A great song and this is a great video... Don't forget the flip side "Keep off the grass!!
lennyd1313 3 years ago 5
Thanks for sharing! I'm Guy Drake's grand-daughter.. Grandpa always found a window for humor, even in the wost situations..We miss him..
RollTide0Aggies 2 years ago 14
Is it true that his album with Welfare Cadillac was banned? I heard that rumor years ago. If so, I figure it was because there was too much truth in it!
therebel1960 2 years ago
CLASSIC.
DonJulioBlanco2002 3 years ago 4
is this a one hit wonder? got anymore by guy?
*****'s
oldHippieAl 3 years ago 2