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...I'll hammer in the evening, all over this land. I'll give them a warning, I'll give them a wa-warning. I'll give them ---

Can you finish the sentence?
Many thanks.

this tune is on the nitty gritty lots of signs meets tenorsaw album

i give out love between my brothers and my sisters all over the land

this is the original:

IF I HAD A HAMMER (The Hammer Song)
words and music by Lee Hays and Pete Seeger

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

©1958, 1962 (renewed), 1986 (renewed)
TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI)

Many thanks jumbo! I gotta hear that original.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SCt8JPAkgU and the rest @ nuggs

I love the Nicky Thomas version an the DJ cut by Cat Campbell. Check it out!