Album - Goodnight Irene 1949-1953 [Disc 1]
Track 8 of 32
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I've traveled 'round this country
from shore to shining shore
It really made me wonder
the things I heard and saw
I saw the weary farmer
plowing sod and loam
l 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 vaults are stuffed with silver
that the farmer sweated for
I've seen the weary miner
scrubbing coal dust from his back
I heard his children cryin'
he got no coal to heat the shack.
But the banks are made of marble
with a guard at every door
and the vaults are stuffed with silver
that the miner sweated for
I saw the seaman standing
Idly by the shore.
I heard the owner saying,
Got no work for you no more.
But the banks are made of marble,
With a guard at every door,
And the vaults are stuffed with silver,
That the seaman sweated for.
I've seen my brothers working
throughout this mighty land
l prayed we'd get together
and together make a stand
Then we' ll own those banks of marble
with a guard at every door
and we share those vaults of silver
that we have sweated for.
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