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Lyr ADD: The Mill Was Made of Marble (Joe Glazer) DigiTrad: GPU LITTLE JOE THE RUSTLER Related threads: Joe Glazer - Ballads for Ballots (3) Lyr Req: I Like Ike (Joe Glazer)(& Irving Berlin) (10) Joe Glazer - Ballads for Sectarians (30) Lyr Req: I Belong to a Private Club (Joe Glazer) (6) Lyr Add: 22 Minutes From Town (Joe Glazer) (1) Obit: Joe Glazer (1918-2006) (26) Joe Glazer is gravely ill (9) (closed) Who loves Joe Glazer? (9) |
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Subject: Lyr Req: The Mill Was Made of Marble From: saulgoldie Date: 19 Sep 07 - 08:12 AM Hello all, I have a recording of this great song by the late, great Joe Glazer. But I don't have it transcribed. I could do it myself. But I was wondering if someone else may have already done it, and could save me the trouble. I already did a web search, and they didn't turn up. Thanks. Saul |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Mill Was Made of Marble From: Big Mick Date: 19 Sep 07 - 08:32 AM Saul, I believe I have this in an AFL-CIO songbook. I am currently organizing in South Dakota but will check when I get home to Michigan this weekend. Mick |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Mill Was Made of Marble From: Les in Chorlton Date: 19 Sep 07 - 08:53 AM Is the song; The Banks are made of Marble? |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Mill Was Made of Marble From: Charley Noble Date: 19 Sep 07 - 09:08 AM Les- No, the earlier song was titled "The Mill was Made of Marble." Charley Noble |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Mill Was Made of Marble From: masato sakurai Date: 19 Sep 07 - 09:30 AM According to Folk Music Index, "The Mill Was Made of Marble" is in: Fowke, Edith & Joe Glazer (eds.) / Songs of Work and Protest, Dover, Sof (1973/1960), trk# p 76 Blood, Peter; and Annie Patterson (eds.) / Rise Up Singing, Sing Out, Sof (1992/1989), p256 Sandburg, Helga (ed.) / Sweet Music, Dial, Bk (1963), p155 Seeger, Pete; and Bob Reiser (eds.) / Carry It On!, Simon & Schuster, Sof (1985), p188 Song Book of the AFL-CIO, AFL, sof (198?), p28. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Mill Was Made of Marble From: Jeri Date: 19 Sep 07 - 09:39 AM The earlier song was the 'Banks' one. Apparently this is a folk song written by Joe Glazer. From The New York Times: Unions Must Once Again Go On to Organize; The Marble Mill |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Mill Was Made of Marble From: Big Mick Date: 19 Sep 07 - 10:13 AM Yep, it is a Glazer song and I have it in a collection of Glazer songs somewhere. Mick |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Mill Was Made of Marble From: Herga Kitty Date: 19 Sep 07 - 04:41 PM It's on page 188 of my copy of "Carry it on" - Pete Seeger and Bob Reiser, just as Masato said. Copyright Joe Glazer 1960. Kitty |
Subject: Lyr Add: THE MILL WAS MADE OF MARBLE (Joe Glazer) From: Peace Date: 19 Sep 07 - 06:10 PM THE MILL WAS MADE OF MARBLE (Joe Glazer) Well , I dreamed that I had died And gone to my reward A job in heaven's textile mill On a golden boulevard CHORUS And the mill was made out of marble The machines were made out gold And nobody ever grew tired And nobody ever grew old The mill was built on a garden No dust nor dirt could be found The air was clean and it smelled so sweet With the flowers and the trees all around It was quiet and peaceful in heaven There was no clatter or boom And we heard the most beautiful music As we worked at the spindle and the loom And the mill was made out of marble The machines were made out gold And nobody ever grew tired And nobody ever grew old There was no unemployment in heaven We worked steady all through the year We always had food for the children We were never haunted by fear And the mill was made out of marble The machines were made out gold And nobody ever grew tired And nobody ever grew old When I awoke from my dream about heaven Well, I wondered if there could be A Mill like that one here on earth For people like you and me And the mill was made out of marble The machines were made out gold And nobody ever grew tired And nobody ever grew old And the mill was made out of marble The machines were made out gold And nobody ever grew tired And nobody ever grew old from www.ronstadtramirez.com/TheMill.htm |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Mill Was Made of Marble From: Peace Date: 19 Sep 07 - 06:12 PM From RON OLESKO's site. |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Mill Was Made of Marble From: voyager Date: 20 Sep 07 - 12:24 PM Takoma Park Folk Festival last weekend featured a rousing tribute to "Labor's Troubador", Joe Glazer. A 'hallelujah choir' rendition of 'The Mill Was Made of Marble' featured the DC Labor Choir, Oscar Brand, Emma's Revolution, Joe Uehline and a rousing audience sing-a-long. Mildred Glazer was 'first lady' for this event. I think Joe might have heard us! Cheers voyager |
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: The Mill Was Made of Marble From: GUEST,saulgoldie Date: 21 Sep 07 - 10:35 AM Thanks, Peace. |
Subject: ADD: The Mill Was Made of Marble (Joe Glazer) From: Joe Offer Date: 05 Jul 17 - 01:53 AM THE MILL WAS MADE OF MARBLE (Joe Glazer) I dreamed that I had died And gone to my reward A job in heaven's textile plant On a golden boulevard CHORUS Where the mill was made of marble The machines were made out gold And nobody ever got tired And nobody ever grew old Now, this mill was built in the garden No dust or lint could be found And the air was so fresh and so fragrant With flowers and grass (trees) all around And the mill was made of marble The machines were made out gold And nobody ever got tired And nobody ever grew old It was quiet and peaceful in heaven There was no clatter or boom You could hear the most beautiful music As you worked at the spindle and loom And the mill was made of marble The machines were made out gold And nobody ever got tired And nobody ever grew old There was no unemployment in heaven We worked steady all through the year We always had food for the children We never were haunted by fear And the mill was made of marble The machines were made out gold And nobody ever got tired And nobody ever grew old When I awoke from this dream about heaven I wondered if someday there'd be A mill like that one down below here on earth For workers like you and like me Where the mill was made of marble The machines were made out gold Where nobody ever gets tired And nobody ever grows old Where nobody ever gets tired And nobody ever grows old Glazer confirms that he wrote this song, and he says that it is his favorite of the songs he wrote. Transcribed from this Joe Glazer YouTube recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYJey4saRHU Here's another Joe Glazer recording. It uses the same chorus in all verses, with no change in the final chorus. It also has the word "trees" where I've shown it in parentheses above. Here's the recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnjga3pKT5Q |
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: The Mill Was Made of Marble (Joe Glazer) From: cnd Date: 17 Apr 23 - 08:41 PM I know it's primarily a labor relation song, but do you think it would be possible to characterize this as a Christian song? It of course has the bittersweet feeling that, even in death, a man can think of Heaven as nothing more than another place to work, albeit nicer, but I think generally it's not so negative as to preclude it from being sung in a service, with a Christian intention or message. Thoughts? |
Subject: RE: Lyr ADD: The Mill Was Made of Marble (Joe Glazer) From: cnd Date: 17 Apr 23 - 08:42 PM (PS, Laurie Lewis and Grant Street have a beautiful, gospel harmony style version of this song) |
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