If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song) sung by Jack Marti

One of the main songs that inspired me to want to learn to play guitar!

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)

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[LucianaRienne]

I knew this song since I was 6..I'm fourteen now and can sing this as beautifully as anyone

[guitmartiman]

@LucianaRienne Well, alrighty then! Let's hear it!

[misterstewball]

Hello

Jack...

'Uncle Lee' would well up with emotional tears of jubilation,enthusiasm and appreciation if he heard your on the mark,and sterling quality rendition of his beloved "Hammer Song". Incidentally,Uncle Lee had always felt that "Amazing Grace" and "House of the Rising Sun" could (and should be) combined into one song (one asking the question,the other being the answer). In one of his letters to me,he had done this very thing on paper. He was clearly inspired from above.

Pax,

Max

[guitmartiman]

@misterstewball Wow! No kidding? I thought I was the first one to think of combining the two lyrics! I'm assuming you've seen my Amazing Grace In The House of the Rising Sun video. I see HRS as not so much a question as a warning and a resignation to desperation. It's the problem, really, that we all find ourselves in unless we find and receive God's amazing grace. I have another video I call Tragic Grace where I sing only the words to HRS to the traditional tune of Amazing Grace.

[wizardjks]

nice love the song (0=

[Jasmin2508]

I love this song =)

[Kobla1992]

my own one

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[misterstewball]

@guitmartiman

Hi

Jack...

I'm just relating to you what Lee had written to me...I tend to agree with your interpretation,my friend. Mr. Hays had taught me about a pair of 'lost' verses not normally performed.. No,I haven't heard your rendition. Since you don't have uploads where I can type in a search for a title,I don't know how to find it. Now that you've intrigued me...would it be too much for you to send my way (at your convenience,of course)? THANKS!

Pax,

Max

[muzboz]

Shiiiit! You're a legend!

Love this video. Awesome lighting.

Good song!  Nice one.

- Murray

[biloxl]

I like it very much...........Very nice

[webkinzpeople94]

!! We sing this in schoool. I LIOVE IT!! :D