If I Had A Hammer -- Weavers

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 the 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  But 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  And it's the song about love between my brothers and my sisters  All over this land                   (sing365)

Pete Seeger and Lee Hays were founding members of People's Songs, a music publishing company that specialized in tunes that supported various left wing causes - including hammer and sickle Communism. At it s first board of directors meeting, Seeger and Hayes staved off boredom by passing a sheet of paper back and forth, collaborating on the lyrics that became "If I Had A Hammer."  A decade later, the melody itself was rewritten - by Peter, Paul & Mary. Most people nowadays sing it as they heard it on PPM's record, says Seeger.                                                                                                          (songfacts)

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