if i had a hammer

Singer:sam cooke

if i had a hammer

i'd hammer in the morning

hammer in the evening

all over this land

i'd hammer out danger

hammer out a warning

i'd hammer out love between

my brothers and my sisters

all over this land

if i had a bell

i'd tinkle in the morning

tinkle in the evening time

all over this land

i'd tinkle out that danger

i'd tinkle out a warning

tinkle out love between

my brothers and my sisters

all over this land

if i had a song

sing it in the evening

all over this land

and i'd sing out danger

sing out a warning

i'd sing out love between

my brothers and my sisters

all over this land

yeah

oh yeah

yeah

oh yeah

yeah

yeah

if i had a hammer

i'd hammer in the morning

a hammer in the evening time

all over this land

i hammer out danger

hammer out a warning

i'd hammer out love between

my brothers and my sisters

all over this land

look

i got a hammer

and i got a bell

and i got a song to sing

all over this land

it's the hammer of justice

a bell of freedom yeah

it's a song about love

between my brothers and my sisters

all over this land

yeah

lord have mercy

yeah

yeah

yeah yeah

Lyric Context: if i had a hammer - sam cooke