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When the Shepherd Leads the Sheep Back Home
Words by Edgar Leslie, Music by Harry Warren
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, vocal chorus by Carmen Lombardo
April 29, 1931
Columbia 2457-D
During the Great Depression many songwriters composed songs to encourage people, and offer hope for better times ahead. This song would probably fit into this category. Set in country/rural life, the shepherd is perhaps an allegory for a leader to bring the people (sheep) back home to comfort, loved ones and happiness. Is this a spiritual shepherd to lead and protect the helpless, or a political leader who would return a troubled nation back to prosperity? Note that this song was published about two years before FDR's New Deal. Unfortunately I have been unable to find the complete lyrics for this song and have to rely only on Carmen Lombardo's chorus.
Some of the other Depression Era uplifting songs include:
Happy Days are Here Again (1930) , Get Happy (1930), Sweeping the Clouds Away (1930), Laughing at Life (1930), Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (1931), The Clouds Will Soon Roll By (1932), There's a New Day Coming (1933).
Some of the sad and despairing songs of this era include:
Love for Sale (1930), A Cottage for Sale (1930), Big City Blues (1929), Ten Cents a Dance (1930), Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1932) , The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1933), Slumming on Park Avenue (1937), I'm an Unemployed Sweetheart (1931).
When the Shepherd Leads the Sheep Back Home
Words by Edgar Leslie, Music by Harry Warren
Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, vocal chorus by Carmen Lombardo
April 29, 1931
Columbia 2457-D
During the Great Depression many songwriters composed songs to encourage people, and offer hope for better times ahead. This song would probably fit into this category. Set in country/rural life, the shepherd is perhaps an allegory for a leader to bring the people (sheep) back home to comfort, loved ones and happiness. Is this a spiritual shepherd to lead and protect the helpless, or a political leader who would return a troubled nation back to prosperity? Note that this song was published about two years before FDR's New Deal. Unfortunately I have been unable to find the complete lyrics for this song and have to rely only on Carmen Lombardo's chorus.
Some of the other Depression Era uplifting songs include:
Happy Days are Here Again (1930) , Get Happy (1930), Sweeping the Clouds Away (1930), Laughing at Life (1930), Wrap Your Troubles in Dreams (1931), The Clouds Will Soon Roll By (1932), There's a New Day Coming (1933).
Some of the sad and despairing songs of this era include:
Love for Sale (1930), A Cottage for Sale (1930), Big City Blues (1929), Ten Cents a Dance (1930), Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1932) , The Boulevard of Broken Dreams (1933), Slumming on Park Avenue (1937), I'm an Unemployed Sweetheart (1931).
