Lady Victoria Eclectic Pagan's blog: "Protest Songs"

If I Had A Hammer Lyrics and music by Lee Hays and Pete Seeger (1949) Seeger sang for the people and their rights at a time when that could get rabble-rousers blacklisted and worse. What's more, he got the people singing for themselves Peter, Paul and Mary (1962) Album: Around the Campfire 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.