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What led Harburg to write the song, “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?”
the biggest bread line in New York City, which was owned and operated by William Randolph Hearst
the realization that the prosperity of the past was completely gone and very unlikely to return
the able-bodied men he saw begging for money and standing in bread lines in the streets of New York
the request President Roosevelt made to Harburg for a catchy and poignant campaign song

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the able-bodied men he saw begging for money and standing in bread lines in the streets of New York

Harburg was moved by seeing formerly self‑sufficient men—veterans and workers—reduced to begging during the Depression, which inspired the song's lyrics.