United States Senator
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Huey Long
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political slogan
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Political slogan (listed alphabetically) A
* Abki baar Modi Sarkar – Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign slogan for 2014 Indian Parliamentary Elections
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"Every man a king," which is also the title of his 1933
autobiography
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and the catch-phrase of his Share Our Wealth proposal during the Great Depression. The song's lyrics include the lines "With castles and clothing and food for all/ All belongs to you". The song was co-written in 1935 by Huey Long and Castro Carazo, the band director of
Louisiana State University
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Democratic
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presidential candidate
William Jennings Bryan
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. Long also used the phrase as a political slogan and as the name of
his autobiography
His or HIS may refer to:
Computing
* Hightech Information System, a Hong Kong graphics card company
* Honeywell Information Systems
* Hybrid intelligent system
* Microsoft Host Integration Server
Education
* Hangzhou International School, in ...
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Lyrics
Recordings
The song was recorded by the Louisiana Boys in January 1935 (Bluebird B-5840) and again by the Louisiana Ramblers in October 1935, just a few weeks after Long's death (Decca 5151).
Singer-songwriter
Randy Newman
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recorded the song on his 1974 album '' Good Old Boys''.