Dad was born in 1926 and mom in 1928; they're still alive, thanks.
I'm writing a game on 1931, thus in my parents' lifetimes. I was looking in an old and trusted source, Variety Music Cavalcade, which lists all the top popular hits of any particular year, usually three or four pages of popular songs. One of those songs had what Wikipedia calls "among the most offensive songs of the Depression era." I won't print the lyrics, but the link is here. I will say that despite the offensive title and the first verse, the song indicates a degree of dignity and worth. YouTube has a version sung by Paul Robeson.
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