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Banks of Marble (Pete Seeger)

from The Middle Ages, Vol III by Tyler Shipley

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I fiddled a bit with the lyrics to Pete's classic, to broaden the scope of the song a little. But the basic message is still pretty clear: we do the work, they get the reward. Fuck they.

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I've travelled round this continent from shore to muddy shore, and it surely made me wonder, the things I heard and saw. I saw the weary farmer working sod and loam and I heard the auction hammer a-knockin' down his home. But the banks are made of marble with a guard at every door and the vaults are stuffed with money that the workers sweated for. I saw the sailor standing idly by the shore and I heard the bosses saying "got not work for you no more." I saw the weary miner scrubbing gold dust from his back, and I heard his children crying, "can't use gold to heat the shack." But the banks are made of marble with a guard at every door and the vaults are stuffed with money that the workers sweated for. I saw the garment worker, working finger to the bone, and I heard the soldier's footsteps a-followin' her home. I've seen my people working every corner of this land and I prayed we'd get together and together make a stand. That we'd take these banks of marble with a guard at every door, and we'd share those vaults of money that our bodies sweated for.

By Pete Seeger

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from The Middle Ages, Vol III, released September 3, 2017
Written by Pete Seeger

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Tyler Shipley Toronto, Ontario

Tyler Shipley was the founding member of the Consumer Goods (theconsumergoods.bandcamp.com) and now performs as a solo artist.

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