Peter, Paul & Mary - If I had a hammer

IT'S THE HAMMER OF JUSTICE, IT'S THE BELL OF FREEDOM

Recordamos el aniversario natal de la desaparecida Mary Travers, integrante del trío Peter, Paul & Mary, con If I had a hammer, una de las canciones más conocidas del grupo neoyorquino, incluida en su primer álbum en 1962. La vibrante versión de éstos de la composición de Pete Seeger y Lee Hays trece años anterior apareció asímismo como su segundo single, llegó al nº 10 en las listas estadounidenses, se la utilizó como un himno por los derechos civiles y en 1963 fue premiada con un Grammy. La vigencia de su carga emotiva es, a día de hoy, incuestionable.

If I had a hammer   (lyrics)

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 the danger
I'd hammer out a warning
I'd hammer out the 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 the danger
I'd ring out a warning
I'd ring out the 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 about the danger
I'd sing out a warning
I'd sing out the 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 a song about the love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land

It's the hammer of justice
It's the bell of freedom
It's a song about the love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land