Banks of Marble

Banks of Marble Lyrics

Song Banks of Marble
Artist Pete Seeger
Album If I Had a Hammer: Songs of Hope and Struggle
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[00:04.000] I've traveled round this country
[00:09.000] From shore to shining shore
[00:14.000] It really made me wonder
[00:19.000] The things I heard and saw.
[00:23.000] I saw the weary farmer
[00:29.000] Plowing sod and loam
[00:33.000] l heard the auction hammer
[00:38.000] A knocking down his home
[00:42.000] But the banks are made of marble
[00:47.000] With a guard at every door
[00:51.000] And the vaults are stuffed with silver
[00:56.000] That the farmer sweated for
[01:05.000] l saw the seaman standing
[01:10.000] Idly by the shore
[01:15.000] l heard the bosses saying
[01:119.000] Got no work for you no more
[01:24.000] But the banks are made of marble
[01:29.000] With a guard at every door
[01:33.000] And the vaults are stuffed with silver
[01:38.000] That the seaman sweated for
[01:47.000] I saw the weary miner
[01:51.000] Scrubbing coal dust from his back
[01:56.000] I heard his children cryin
[02:00.000] Got no coal to heat the shack
[02:05.000] But the banks are made of marble
[02:10.000] With a guard at every door
[02:14.000] And the vaults are stuffed with silver
[02:19.000] That the miner sweated for
[02:32.000] I've seen my brothers working
[02:36.000] Throughout this mighty land
[02:40.000] l prayed we'd get together
[02:45.000] And together make a stand
[02:50.000] Then we'd own those banks of marble
[02:54.000] With a guard at every door
[02:58.000] And we'd share those vaults of silver
[03:03.000] That we have sweated for
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