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Correct Banks Of Marble Lyrics
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Pete Seeger
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Correct Banks Of Marble
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I've travelled around this country From shore to shining shore It really made me wonder The things I heard and saw I saw the weary farmer A'plowing sod and loam I heard the auction hammer Just a'knocking down his home But the banks are made of marble With a guard at every door And the bolts are stuffed with silver That the farmer sweated for I've seen the seaman standing Proudly by the shore And I heard their bosses saying Got no work for you no more But the banks are made of marble With a guard at every door And the bolts are stuffed with silver That the seaman sweated for I've seen the weary miner Scrubbing coal dust from his back And I've heard his children crying Got no coal to heat the shack But the banks are made of marble With a guard at every door And the bolts are stuffed with silver That the miner sweated for I've seen my brothers working Throughout this mighty land I've prayed we'd get together And together make a stand Than we might own those banks of marble With a guard at every door And we would share those bolts of silver That we have sweated for
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