Pete Seeger Song Lyrics
repo...@eden.com
Would somebody with a Pete Seeger songbook see if they can find a song
with a line that goes "The banks are made of marble / There's a guard at
every door ..."
Please send the rest of the lyrics to me at repo...@eden.com.
Thanks,
-- Jim Cullen
Austin, Texas
Dan Goodman
In article <reporter-040...@a8-143.eden.com>,
<repo...@eden.com> wrote:
>Would somebody with a Pete Seeger songbook see if they can find a song
>with a line that goes "The banks are made of marble / There's a guard at
>every door ..."
>
>Please send the rest of the lyrics to me at repo...@eden.com.
Lyrics below, from the Digital Tradition (reachable from
http://www.mudcat.org). Note that the song is _not_ by Pete Seeger.
(Even if it had been, it could probably have been found in any number of
other sources besides Pete Seeger songbooks.)
THE BANKS ARE MADE OF MARBLE
(Les Rice)
I've traveled 'round this country.
From shore to shining shore;
It really made me wonder
The things I heard and saw.
cho: But the banks are made of marble,
With a guard at every door,
And the vaults are stuffed with silver
That the worker* sweated for.
I saw the weary farmer,
Plowing sod and loam;
l heard the auction hammer
A-knocking down his home.
l saw the seaman standing
Idly by the shore,
l heard the bosses saying,
"Got no work for you no more."
I saw the weary miner
Scrubbing coal dust from his back,
I heard his children cryin,'
"Got no coal to heat the shack."
I've seen my brothers working
Throughout this mighty land,
l prayed we'd get together
And together make a stand.
Final Chorus:
Then we'd own those banks of marble
With a guard at every door
And we'd share those vaults of silver
That we have sweated for!
*change to fit verse
Copyright 1950 by Stormking Music Inc.]
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Jim Lesses
Get ready for a deluge of responses!
repo...@eden.com wrote in message ...
>Would somebody with a Pete Seeger songbook see if they can find a song
>with a line that goes "The banks are made of marble / There's a guard at
>every door ..."
The song is called "The Banks of Marble" and the lyrics and a music score
are available on the Digital Tradition mirror site at
http://www.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/
Peace, man
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Dan Goodman
In article <354e8...@194.214.162.66>, Jim Lesses <jle...@auslink.net> wrote:
>Get ready for a deluge of responses!
>
>repo...@eden.com wrote in message ...
>>Would somebody with a Pete Seeger songbook see if they can find a song
>>with a line that goes "The banks are made of marble / There's a guard at
>>every door ..."
>
>The song is called "The Banks of Marble" and the lyrics and a music score
>are available on the Digital Tradition mirror site at
>http://www.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/
Is that mirror site easier to deal with than the original site?
Jim Lesses
>>The song is called "The Banks of Marble" and the lyrics and a music score
>>are available on the Digital Tradition mirror site at
>>http://www.numachi.com/~rickheit/dtrad/
>
>Is that mirror site easier to deal with than the original site?
At the moment the answer appears to be, Yes. But of course, that could
change if everyone uses the mirror site and not the original site. By the
way, I have no idea if the person hosting the mirror site, is adding all of
the new material from the 'master' site to the mirror site on a regular
basis. It may in fact be quite out of date in that respect.
PAULSBANJO
Hi All
Just an historical note - If memory serves "The Banks Are Made Of Marble"
was in the first issue of "Sing Out" (song 3)
"Sing Out" was formed when "People's Songs" was "killed" by "Macarthyism"
and his "very" un-american activitys committee
Paul
Stephen Suffet
Dear Paul:
Your memory serves you somewhat correctly. "Banks of Marble" by
Les Rice was indeed song 3 in the first issue of "Sing Out!" "The
Hammer Song" by Lee Hays & Pete Seeger, and "Hold the Line" by Lee
Hays (words) and the Weavers (music) were songs 1 and 2 respectively.
Joseph McCarthy, however, was never a member of the House Commit-
tee on Un-American Activities. That's because he was a US Senator, not
a member of the House of Representatives. McCarthy's power base was a
Sub-Committee on Governmental Operations; that's all. And Ol' Joe McC.
apparently didn't give a rat's hiny about folksingers. He was loaded
for bigger game -- like rooting the Commies out of the US Army!
The HCUA (or HUAC, whichever you prefer), did go after many folk-
singers. But McCarthy didn't take a hand in that specific episode of
the Congressional witch hunts.
Regards,
Steve
Rob Kowalewski
In article <6jfqnq$h...@bgtnsc01.worldnet.att.net>, Suf...@worldnet.att.net
wrote:
<Snip>
> And Ol' Joe McC. apparently didn't give a rat's hiny about folksingers.
He was loaded
> for bigger game -- like rooting the Commies out of the US Army!
Mr. Suffett,
I would guess that a man of your impressive literary skill may be
interested in knowing that the correct spelling is "heiney".
Or perhaps this is another example of the folk process at work?
;) ;) ;)
Rob K.
--
rdk...@concentric.net
Joel Weber
And anyway Hieney, Hienie was a nickname for their German counterparts
by Brit and American soldiers in WWI and maybe even WWI.
joel
pdraper
Joel Weber wrote in message <6jpt46$j...@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net>...
>And anyway Hieney, Hienie was a nickname for their German counterparts
>by Brit and American soldiers in WWI and maybe even WWI.
>
>joel
I wasn't around at the time but if the evidence of British war films made at
and soon after is anything to go by the term used in Britain was Jerry.