Lyrics and translation Pete Seeger - Banks Are Made of Marble
I′ve
traveled
'round
this
country
J'ai
voyagé
à
travers
ce
pays
From
shore
to
shining
shore
D'une
côte
à
l'autre
It
really
made
me
wonder-
Cela
m'a
vraiment
fait
réfléchir
The
things
I
heard
and
saw!
Aux
choses
que
j'ai
vues
et
entendues !
I
saw
the
weary
farmer
J'ai
vu
le
fermier
fatigué
A-plowing
sod
and
loam
Qui
laboure
la
terre
I
heard
the
auction
hammer
J'ai
entendu
le
marteau
de
l'enchère
Just
a-knocking
down
his
home
Qui
s'abat
sur
sa
maison
But
the
banks
are
made
of
marble
Mais
les
banques
sont
faites
de
marbre
With
a
guard
at
every
door
Avec
un
garde
à
chaque
porte
And
the
vaults
are
stuffed
with
silver
Et
les
coffres
sont
remplis
d'argent
That
the
farmer
sweated
for
Pour
lequel
le
fermier
a
sué
I′ve
seen
the
seamen
standing
J'ai
vu
les
marins
debout
Idly
by
the
shore
Au
bord
du
rivage
And
I've
heard
their
bosses
saying
Et
j'ai
entendu
leurs
patrons
dire
"Got
no
work
for
you
no
more"
« Il
n'y
a
plus
de
travail
pour
toi »
But
the
banks
are
made
of
marble
Mais
les
banques
sont
faites
de
marbre
With
a
guard
at
every
door
Avec
un
garde
à
chaque
porte
And
the
vaults
are
stuffed
with
silver
Et
les
coffres
sont
remplis
d'argent
That
the
seamen
sweated
for
Pour
lequel
les
marins
ont
sué
I've
seen
the
weary
miner
J'ai
vu
le
mineur
fatigué
Scrubbing
coal
dust
from
his
back
Qui
enlève
la
poussière
de
charbon
de
son
dos
And
I′ve
heard
his
children
crying
Et
j'ai
entendu
ses
enfants
pleurer
Got
no
coal
to
heat
the
shack
Il
n'y
a
pas
de
charbon
pour
chauffer
la
cabane
But
the
banks
are
made
of
marble
Mais
les
banques
sont
faites
de
marbre
With
a
guard
at
every
door
Avec
un
garde
à
chaque
porte
And
the
vaults
are
stuffed
with
silver
Et
les
coffres
sont
remplis
d'argent
That
the
miner
sweated
for
Pour
lequel
le
mineur
a
sué
I′ve
seen
my
brothers
working
J'ai
vu
mes
frères
travailler
Throughout
this
mighty
land
Dans
ce
pays
magnifique
I've
prayed
we′d
get
together
J'ai
prié
pour
que
nous
nous
unissions
And
together
make
a
stand
Et
que
nous
prenions
position
ensemble
Then
we
might
own
those
banks
of
marble
Alors
nous
pourrions
posséder
ces
banques
de
marbre
With
a
guard
at
every
door
Avec
un
garde
à
chaque
porte
And
we
would
share
those
vaults
of
silver
Et
nous
partagerions
ces
coffres
d'argent
That
we
have
sweated
for
Pour
lesquels
nous
avons
sué
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4 Casey Jones
5 Beans, Bacon, & Gravy
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8 Yankee Doodle
9 I've Been Working on a Railroad
10 The Golden Vanity
11 Foggy Dew
12 The Blue Tailed Fly
13 Ida Red
14 Tex-I-An Boys
15 Riflemen of Bennington
16 Jay Goulds Daughter
17 Sixteen Tons
18 The Titanic Disaster
19 St.James Hospital
20 Sioux Indians
21 Fair Margaret and Sweet William
22 So Long, It's Been Good to Know You
23 Wabash Cannonball
24 Delia's Gone
25 Plow Under
26 C For Conscription
27 Don't You Weep After Me
28 Rock Island Line
29 Cielito Lindo
30 Dear Mr. President
31 Brother Can You Spare a Dime
32 Goodnight Irene
33 Tzena Tzena Tzena
34 Ground Hog
35 Sixty Per Cent
36 The Wreck of the Old '97
37 Skip to My Lou
38 Oh, Mary Don't You Weep
39 Ballad of Barney Graham
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44 Home On the Range
45 Wimoweh
46 John Henry
47 The Blind Fiddler
48 Pretty Polly
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50 Old Dan Tucker
51 The Big Rock Candy Mountain
52 Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
53 Peg and Awl
54 Red River Valley
55 To Everyone in All the World
56 Jesse James
57 Raggedy
58 The Death of Harry Simms
59 Barbara Allen
60 Buffalo Gals
61 On Top of Old Smokey
62 Cotton Mill Colic
63 He Lies in the American Land
64 Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
65 Come All You Hardy Miners
66 Eight-Hour Day
67 Down In the Valley
68 Mill Mother's Lament
69 Hard Times in the Mill
70 Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
71 The Strange Death Of John Doe
72 Pittsburgh Town
73 Fare Ye Well, Old Ely Branch
74 Talking Atom
75 The Dove
76 Hayseed Like Mine
77 Down in Carlisle
78 T.B. Blues
79 We are Moving on to Victory
80 The Farmer's Curst Wife
81 Five Fingers
82 Farther Along
83 Frog Went A-Courting
84 Old Riley
85 Lolly Too Dun
86 The Wagoner's Lad
87 Banks Are Made of Marble
88 Gypsy Davy
89 Talking Blues
90 The Hammer Song (If I Had a Hammer)
91 Around the World
92 Kumbaya
93 Voting Union
94 Hold the Fort
95 Preacher and the Slave
2 The Farmer Is the Man
3 Seven Cent Cotton & Forty Cent Meat
4 Casey Jones
5 Beans, Bacon, & Gravy
6 Where Have All the Flowers Gone
7 Frankie and Johnny
8 Yankee Doodle
9 I've Been Working on a Railroad
10 The Golden Vanity
11 Foggy Dew
12 The Blue Tailed Fly
13 Ida Red
14 Tex-I-An Boys
15 Riflemen of Bennington
16 Jay Goulds Daughter
17 Sixteen Tons
18 The Titanic Disaster
19 St.James Hospital
20 Sioux Indians
21 Fair Margaret and Sweet William
22 So Long, It's Been Good to Know You
23 Wabash Cannonball
24 Delia's Gone
25 Plow Under
26 C For Conscription
27 Don't You Weep After Me
28 Rock Island Line
29 Cielito Lindo
30 Dear Mr. President
31 Brother Can You Spare a Dime
32 Goodnight Irene
33 Tzena Tzena Tzena
34 Ground Hog
35 Sixty Per Cent
36 The Wreck of the Old '97
37 Skip to My Lou
38 Oh, Mary Don't You Weep
39 Ballad of Barney Graham
40 John Hardy
41 My Children are Seven in Number
42 Roll Down the Line
43 Molly Malone
44 Home On the Range
45 Wimoweh
46 John Henry
47 The Blind Fiddler
48 Pretty Polly
49 Oh, Had I a Golden Thread
50 Old Dan Tucker
51 The Big Rock Candy Mountain
52 Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream
53 Peg and Awl
54 Red River Valley
55 To Everyone in All the World
56 Jesse James
57 Raggedy
58 The Death of Harry Simms
59 Barbara Allen
60 Buffalo Gals
61 On Top of Old Smokey
62 Cotton Mill Colic
63 He Lies in the American Land
64 Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues
65 Come All You Hardy Miners
66 Eight-Hour Day
67 Down In the Valley
68 Mill Mother's Lament
69 Hard Times in the Mill
70 Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
71 The Strange Death Of John Doe
72 Pittsburgh Town
73 Fare Ye Well, Old Ely Branch
74 Talking Atom
75 The Dove
76 Hayseed Like Mine
77 Down in Carlisle
78 T.B. Blues
79 We are Moving on to Victory
80 The Farmer's Curst Wife
81 Five Fingers
82 Farther Along
83 Frog Went A-Courting
84 Old Riley
85 Lolly Too Dun
86 The Wagoner's Lad
87 Banks Are Made of Marble
88 Gypsy Davy
89 Talking Blues
90 The Hammer Song (If I Had a Hammer)
91 Around the World
92 Kumbaya
93 Voting Union
94 Hold the Fort
95 Preacher and the Slave
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