Banks of Marble
(Les Rice; ©1950, Stormking Music)
C F C
I've traveled 'round this country
F C
from shore to shining shore
F C
It really makes me wonder
G C
the things I heard and saw
I saw the weary farmer
Plowing sod and loam
I heard the auction hammer
Just a-knocking down their home
[Chorus:]
C F C
But the banks are made of marble
C G C
With a guard at every door
C F C
And the vaults are stuffed with silver
G C
That the [farmer*] sweated for
I saw the seamen standing
Idly by the shore
I heard those bosses saying
"Got no work for you no more"
[Chorus] [*seaman]
I've seen the weary miner
Scrubbing coal dust from his back
I heard his children crying
"Got no coal to heat the shack"
[Chorus] [*miner]
I've seen my brothers working
Throughout this mighty land
I pray we'll get together
And together make a stand
Then we'll own those banks of marble
With no guard at any door.
And we'll share those vaults of silver
That we all have sweated for