Every Man a King (song)

"Every Man a King" is a song cowritten by Louisiana's Governor and United States Senator Huey Pierce Long Jr. and Castro Carazo. Long was known for his political slogan "Every man a king," which is also the title of his 1933 autobiography[1] and the catch-phrase of his Share Our Wealth proposal during the Great Depression.[2] The song's lyrics include the lines "With castles and clothing and food for all/ All belongs to you".[3] The song was co-written in 1935 by Huey Long and Castro Carazo, the band director of Louisiana State University, a former orchestra leader at the Roosevelt Hotel in New Orleans brought to LSU by Long himself.[4]

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Huey Long

Origin

The phrase "Every man a king, but no one wears a crown" was adopted from Democratic presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan.[5] Long also used the phrase as a political slogan and as the name of his autobiography.[6]

Lyrics

Why weep or slumber America
Land of brave and true
With castles and clothing and food for all
All belongs to you
Ev'ry man a king ev'ry man a king
For you can be a millionaire
If there's something belonging to others
There's enough for all people to share
When it's sunny June and December too
Or in the winter time or spring
There'll be peace without end
Ev'ry neighbor a friend
With ev'ry man a king

Covers

Singer-songwriter Randy Newman covered the song on his 1974 album Good Old Boys.[7][8]

References

References
  1. Huey Pierce Long (21 March 1996). Every man a king: the autobiography of Huey P. Long. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-80695-7.
  2. Text of Huey Long's Every Man a King at AmericanRhetoric.com
  3. "Between the Wars: Every Man A King". Archived from the original on 2014-10-17. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  4. LSU Band History Archived 2007-10-12 at the Wayback Machine from the Louisiana State University website
  5. Brinkley (2011) [1983], p. 20.
  6. "Find of the Week: Huey P. Long's 'Every Man a King' was a slogan, an autobiography — and a song". WGNO. New Orleans. June 8, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  7. Davis, Stephen (January 21, 1997). "Good Old Boys". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 26, 2020. Retrieved June 8, 2020.
  8. Frazier, Ian; Hertzberg, Hendrik (December 2, 1974). "Randy Newman". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 17, 2020.

Works cited
  • Brinkley, Alan (2011) [1982]. Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and the Great Depression. New York: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307803221.
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