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Artist: Sam Cooke
Canonical path: /sam-cooke/if-i-had-a-hammer
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If I had A Hammer
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If I had A Hammer
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If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
hammer in the evening
all over this land
I'd hammer out danger
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 tinkle in the morning
tinkle in the evening time
all over this land
I'd tinkle out that danger
I'd tinkle out a warning
tinkle out love between
my brothers and my sisters
all over this land
If I had a song
sing it in the evening
all over this land
and I'd sing out danger
sing out a warning
I'd sing out love between
my brothers and my sisters
all over this land
yeah, oh yeah
yeah, oh yeah
yeah, yeah
If I had a hammer
I'd hammer in the morning
a hammer in the evening time
all over this land
I hammer out danger
hammer out a warning
I'd hammer out love between
my brothers and my sisters
all over this land
look, I got a hammer
and I got a bell
and I got a song to sing
all over this land
it's the hammer of justice
a bell of freedom yeah
it's a song about love
between my brothers and my sisters
all over this land
yeah, Lord have mercy
yeah, yeah, yeah yeah
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