If I Had A Hammer
Lyrics and music by Lee Hays and Pete Seeger (1949)
Peter, Paul and Mary (1962)
Album: Around the Campfire


Peter, Paul and Mary Album: Around the Campfire

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
If I Had A Hammer  (wikipedia)

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.