Banks Of Marble Song

A studio recording was released in 2009 on their cd arc light.

Banks of marble song.

I saw the weary farmer plowing sod and loam l heard the auction hammer a knocking down his home but the banks are made of marble with a guard at every door. The banks are made of marble br with a guard at every door br and the vaults are stuffed with silver br that the workers sweated for br throughout most of human history br society has been divided between the few br who have enormous wealth and enormous power br and the many who struggle each. I ve travelled around this country from shore to shining shore and it really makes me wonder what the world is coming to i see the weary farmer just plowing up. This song was written in 1949 by les.

Pete seeger singing the classic workers rights tune from the 1950 s. I ve traveled round this country from sh. Lau sang banks of marble live at the bongo club edinburgh on 17 december 2007 which was released a year later on their cd live. Ewan mclennan sang banks of marble in 2012 on his fellside cd the last bird to sing.

The banks are made of marble a song by les rice stormking music 1950 i ve traveled round this country from shore to shining shore it really made me wonder the things i heard and saw. Chorus g but the banks are made of marble d g with a guard at every door g and the vaults are stuffed with silver d g that the seamen sweated for verse g d7 g i saw the weary miner c g scrubbing coal dust from his back d7 g i heard his children crying c d g got no coal to heat the shack chorus g but the banks are made of marble d g with a. Banks of marble lyrics. Lyrics to banks of marble by woody guthrie from the american history in ballad song vol.

Album goodnight irene 1949 1953 disc 1 track 8 of 32 comment and vote folks lyrics will be added on video too. Banks are made of marble i ve traveled round this country from shore to. I ve traveled around this country from shore to shining shore. But the banks are made of marble with a guard at every door and the vaults are filled with silver that the worker sweated for i ve seen the weary housewife buying groceries at the store and i ve heard the grocer saying this is going to cost you more chorus.

But the banks are made of marble with a guard at every door and the vaults are filled. He commented on his website.