If I Had A Hammer

After a 7 month hiatus, Gary is back to his "song of the day!" He picked a good one for the return, a song written by Pete Seeger and sung by Peter, Paul and Mary, If I Had a Hammer. On August 28th, 1963 they sang this song for the Civil Rights March in Washington, DC. This was the day of the famous speech of Martin Luther King "I Have a Dream."

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If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening
All over this land
I'd hammer out danger
I'd hammer out a warning
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

If I had a bell
I'd ring it in the morning
I'd ring it in the evening
All over this land
I'd ring out danger
I'd ring out a warning
I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

If I had a song
I'd sing it in the morning
I'd sing it in the evening
All over this land
I'd sing out danger
I'd sing out a warning
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

Well I've got a hammer
And I've got a bell
And I've got a song to sing
All over this land
It's the hammer of justice
It's the bell of freedom
It's the song about love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land