Here's the Annie Patterson recording of the song:
I can't quite make out what she's singing in the second verse. Here's what's in the second verse in the Rise Up Singing Songbook (which Annie edited)And the farmer on his tractor and beside his plow
Will stand there in confusion as we wet his brow
With the tears of all the businessmen
Who see what they have done to him
And the weary farmers of the earth shall rest.
Here's my transcription of a Baez recording I found on YouTube. I can't tell the date of the recording, but I'm guessing it's recent because of the heavy orchestration:
ALL THE WEARY MOTHERS OF THE EARTH
(Joan Baez)
All the weary mothers of the earth will finally rest.
We'll take their babies in our arms and do our best.
When the sun is low upon the field,
To love and music they will yield,
And the weary mothers of the earth shall rest.
And the farmer on his tractor and beside his plow
Will stand there in confusion as we wet his brow
With the tears of all the businessmen
Who see what they have done to him,
And the weary farmers of the earth shall rest.
And the aching workers of the world again shall sing.
These words in mighty choruses to all we'll bring.
We shall no longer be the poor.
For no one owns us anymore,
And the workers of the world again shall sing.
And when the soldiers burn their uniforms in every land,
The foxholes at the borders will be left unmanned,
General, when you come for the review,
Your troops will have forgotten you,
And the men and women of the earth shall rest.
General, when you come for the review,
The troops will have forgotten you,
And the men and women of the earth shall rest.
Joan Baez recording (don't know the date): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqQcaWpwCrM
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