I would hammer in the evening
all over this land,
BUT What the heck would I end up with?
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2007-09-09 12:45:08 · 35 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
carpel tunnel syndrome
2007-09-09 12:48:23 · answer #1 · answered by Mawm 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I guess you wouldn't have anything because you don't have a hammer. But here is the real meaning of the song:
"If I Had a Hammer” is a song written by Pete Seeger and Lee Hayes in 1949. It became very popular in 1962 when it was recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary. It was a top 10 hit. It was considered a civil rights anthem.
Pete Seeger and Lee Hays were founding members of People s Songs, a music publishing company that specialized in tunes that supported various left wing causes - including hammer and sickle Communism. At it's first board of directors meeting, Seeger and Hayes staved off boredom by passing a sheet of paper back and forth, collaborating on the lyrics that became "If I Had A Hammer." That Labor Day, at a show promoted in a Communist newspaper, Seeger debuted the song in concert (his co-star on the bill was Paul Robeson). Impressed by the crowd reaction, Seeger and Hays then recorded "If I Had A Hammer" with their new group, The Weavers, as their first release on the tiny Charter Records label. (Ronnie Gilbert and Fred Hellermen rounded out the quartet.) It was a collector's item, said Hayes. Nobody but collectors ever bought it. In 1952, the lyrics were revised a bit by a fellow radical activist, Libby Frank, who insisted on singing "my brothers and my sisters" instead of what Seeger and Hayes had written: "all of my brothers." Hayes objected ("It doesn't ripple off the tongue as well. How about 'all of my siblings ?") but finally agreed.
2007-09-09 12:58:00 · answer #2 · answered by mmrn 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Youll end up with a headache from all that hammering. Try using a rubber hammer next time.
2007-09-09 14:30:27 · answer #3 · answered by jms043 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The hammer of Justice
2007-09-09 12:49:33 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. J 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would end up with a whole box of hammered dishes. I have all kinds of odds and ends. I should just throw them away and go buy one decent set. If you would come over and hammer them, then I would head out to buy a new set of dishes! Come on over.
2007-09-09 16:52:52 · answer #5 · answered by Julie H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You'd hammer out danger
You'd hammer out a warning
You'd hammer out love between your brothers and your sisters
All over this land?? :)
2007-09-09 12:50:02 · answer #6 · answered by hello :) 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you'd hammer out the love between your brothers and your sisters, all over this world. I don't see what a hammer has to do with it either.
2007-09-09 12:49:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
An Asbo and a restraining order preventing you from hammering at unsocial hours
2007-09-09 12:57:03 · answer #8 · answered by bletherskyte 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You know, if you do someday get a hammer, you may find that you don't hammer nearly as much as you would think. It's sad but true.
2007-09-09 12:50:27 · answer #9 · answered by BobRoberts01 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That was actually the theme song for Robert Kennedy's ill-fated last campaign,and we haven't heard it much since. One thing you'd do is bring back a lot of bittersweet memories,at least for people my dad's age. I guess it was quite a campagin until a bullet ended it. Very exciting and full of hope.
2007-09-09 12:49:53 · answer #10 · answered by Galahad 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Peter, Paul and Mary
1962
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
If I had a song
I'd sing it in the morning
I'd sing it in the evening
All over this land
I'd sing out danger
I'd sing out a warning
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land
Well I've got a hammer
And I've got a bell
And I've got a song to sing
All over this land
It's the hammer of justice
It's the bell of freedom
It's the song about love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land
2007-09-09 12:49:13 · answer #11 · answered by fishineasy™ 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋