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)