Don't Bite The Hand That's Feeding You

Performed by Gene Autry
Recorded July 30, 1941
Words by Thomas Hoier, Music by Jimmie Morgan

[chorus]
"If you don't like your Uncle Sammy,
Then go back to your home o'er the sea,
To the land from where you came,
Whatever be its name;
but don't be ungrateful to me!
If you don't like the stars in Old Glory,
If you don't like the Red, White and Blue,
Then don't act like the cur in the story,
Don't bite the hand that's feeding you."

Last night, as I lay a sleeping,
A wonderful dream came to me,
I saw Uncle Sammy weeping
For his children from over the sea;
They had come to him, friendless and starving,
He took them into the fold
So, when in trouble, he needs you,
You have to remember your oath:

[repeat chorus]

[lyrics transcribed from the 1915 sheet music and rearranged for this recording]