And another one along the same lines, also sung by Pete:

BANKS OF MARBLE
(Les Rice)

I've traveled 'round this country.
From shore to shining shore;
It really made me wonder
The things I heard and saw.

I saw the weary farmer,
Plowing sod and loam;
I saw the auction hammer
Just a-knocking down his home.

CHORUS
But the banks are made of marble,
With a guard at every door,
And the vaults are stuffed with silver
That the farmer (worker, etc.*) sweated for.


I saw the seaman standing
Idly by the shore,
I heard the bosses saying,
"Got no work for you no more."

I saw the weary miner
Scrubbing coal dust from his back,
And I heard his children crying,
"Got no coal to heat the shack."

**

I've seen my brothers (good people) working
Throughout this mighty land,
I prayed we'd get together
And together make a stand.

Final Chorus:
Then we'd own those banks of marble
With a guard at every door (or: With no guard at any door)
And we'd share those vaults of silver
That the workers sweated for!


*change to fit verse

We sang that one lots back in 1967/68. Is it still relevant today????
Robyn