Monday, February 29, 2016

BBBC #29

This post is the last of the blogger challenge titled BBBC. The final topic is:

29. The first song that comes into your head and why.

If I Had a Hammer


The only version I ever remember hearing was recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary and released in August 1962. I'm not sure why but I remember having to learn this song in the 5th grade. Maybe it was for some sort of school program. And the class would listen from a vinyl record to learn the music and the lyrics. No YouTube, iTunes, CD, Spotify, Pandora, cassettes, 8-track or Google back then.

Now, after owning a Ural, I now know why a hammer is such an important tool...


Lyrics:

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 got a hammer,
And I got a bell,
And I 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.

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.

(Seeger/Hayes- Ludlow Music Corp. - BMI)

10 comments:

  1. A key component of a URAL rider's tool kit, a BFH.

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    1. I wasn't sure until I took apart the engine and it was called for more than a few times...

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  2. If I had a hammer... an ode to Ural ;-)
    Thank you for a very entertaining month, Richard.

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    1. You're welcome. Ode to a Ural, I should change the title of the song...

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  3. Too funny Richard.

    Whenever computers were misbehaving in the office and the guy from tech support would come by to help solve the head-scratcher, I would eventually ask if he wanted to borrow my hammer (long story, but we actually kept a hammer in the department).

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    1. Computers never misbehave. The hammer was to resolve the K-S error...

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  4. ... and I'll second Sonja's thank you to you and Kathy for a very entertaining month.

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    1. Glad to provide a little bit of entertainment.

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  5. I don't think I have ever heard that song. Not because I am all that much younger than you, but because my parents liked country music and that's all we'd ever listen to. Thanks again for playing. It was fun! Sorry I crapped out at the end.

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    1. Some of the challenges were pretty entertaining, thank you for coming up with it.

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