Odetta - The Essential Odetta [compilation] (2001) by Odetta (보컬) on maniadb.com

If I had a hammer,
I'd hammer in the morning,
I'd hammer in the evening
All over this land.
Hammer out danger,
I'd hammer out a warning,
I'd hammer out love
Between all of my brothers
All over this land.

If I had a bell,
I'd ring it in the morning,
And I'd ring it in the evening
All over this land.
Ring out danger,
I'd ring out a warning,
I'd ring out love
Between all of my brothers
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.
Sing out danger,
Sing out warning,
I'd sing out love
Between all of my brothers
All over this land.

Well, I got a hammer,
I've got a bell,
And I got a song to sing
All over this land.
It's the hammer of justice,
The bell of freedom,
And my song about love
Between all of my brothers
All over this land.

Was a maid in a garden,
Strange young man came riding by,
Said, "Fair maid, will you marry me?"
This then, sir, was her reply.

"Oh no, kind sir, I cannot marry thee,
For I've a love who sails along the sea.
He's been gone for seven years,
Still he will return to me."

"What if he's in some battle slain,
Or drownded in the deep salt sea?
Or what if he's found another love,
He and his love both married be?"

"If he's in some battle slain,
Then I shall die when the moon doth wain.
And if he's drownded in the deep salt sea,
I am true to his memory.

"And if he's found another love,
And he and his love both married be,
I wish them health and happiness
Where they live across the sea."

Well, he picked her up in his arms so strong,
And kisses gave her one, two, three,
Saying, "Come, my love, come with me,
I am your long lost John Riley."
Saying "Come, my love, come to me,
I'm your long lost John Riley."

Hush-a-bye,
Don't you cry,
Go to sleepy, little baby.
When you wake
You shall have
All the pretty little horses.
Blacks and bays,
Dapples and grays,
All the pretty little horses.

Way down yonder
In the meadow
Lies my poor little babe.
Bees and butterflies
A-peckin' on its eyes.
Poor little thing is cryin', "Mammy."
Blacks and bays,
Dapples and grays,
All the pretty little horses.

Got sleepy, little baby.
When you wake
You shall have
All the pretty little horses.

Paul and Silas locked in jail,
Didn't have no one to go their bail.
Keep your hand on the plow, hold on, hold on, hold on.
Keep your hand on the plow, well, hold on.

Mary weeped and Martha moaned,
Gabriel stood up and blowed his horn.
Ya keep your hand on the plow, well, hold on, hold on, hold on.
Keep your hand on the plow, well, hold on.

If I could only stand on the rock,
If I could only stand on the rock,
I'd keep my hand on the plow, well, hold on, hold on, hold on.
Keep your hand on the plow, well, hold on.

Paul and Silas locked in jail,
They didn't have no one to go their bail.
Ya keep your hand on the plow, well hold on, hold on, hold on.
Keep your hand on the plow and hold on.
Keep your hand on the plow and hold on.

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child,
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child,
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child,
A long way from home, a long way from home.

Sometimes I feel like I'm almost done,
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost done,
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost done,
And a long, long way from home, a long way from home.

True believer,
True believer,
A long, long way from home,
A long, long way from home.

Another man done gone,
Another man done gone,
Another man done gone from the county farm,
Another man done gone.

I didn't know his name,
I didn't know his name,
I didn't know his name, didn't know his name,
Didn't know his name.

He had a long chain on,
He had a long chain on,
He had a long chain on, had a long chain on,
Had a long chain on.

They killed another man,
They killed another man,
They killed another man, killed another man,
Killed another man.

Another man done gone,
Another man done gone,
Another man done gone from the county farm,
Another man done gone.