Read the excerpt from the interview with E.Y. (Yip) Harburg. This is the man who says: I built the railroads. I built that tower. I fought your wars. I was the kid with the drum. Why the hell should I be standing in line now? What happened to all this wealth I created? In this excerpt, Harburg explains that his song is giving a voice to

The speaker says he built railroads and towers, fought in wars, and played the drum, but now cannot find work and wonders where the wealth he created went. These details represent both working people and veterans who contributed to the country but were left struggling, so the song gives a voice to the working class and the veterans.

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