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I've travelled round this country
From shore to shining shore.
It really made me wonder
The things I heard and saw.
I saw the seaman standing
Idly by the shore.
I heard his bosses saying,
There's no work for you no more.
I saw the weary farmer,
Ploughing sod and loam;
I heard the auction hammer
knocking down his home.
My sisters and my brothers
Off to work this land;
I swore weâd get together,
United make a stand.
[Chorus:]
But the banks are made of marble,
With a guard at every door,
And the vaults are stuffed with silver,
That we all sweated for.
My sisters and my brothers
Off to work this land;
I swore weâd get together,
United make a stand.
Weâd own those banks are made of marble,
With a guard at every door,
Weâd share those vaults of silver,
That we all sweated for.
[Chorus:] x2
The banks are made of marble,
With a guard at every door,
And the vaults are stuffed with silver,
We all sweated for.
My sisters and my brothers
Off to work this land;
And I swore weâd get together,
United make a stand.
Weâd own those banks are made of marble,
With a guard at every door,
Weâd share those vaults of silver...
- Album:
- The Bell That Never Rang
- Arc Light
- The Mark Radcliffe Folk Sessions 2015
- Idgaf (What They Say)
- Race the Loser
- Folk Awards 2013
- BBC Folk Awards 2013
- The Bird That Winds the Spring / Blood Is Thicker
- BBC Folk Awards 2014
- BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014
- Lightweights & Gentlemen & Live Remastered Deluxe Edition
- Lightweights & Gentlemen