I saw the seaman standing idly by the shore.
But the banks are made of marble.
Chorus but the banks are made of marble with a guard at every door and the vaults are stuffed with silver that the farmer sweated for.
I saw the weary farmer plowing sod and loam.
I heard the bosses saying got no work for you no more.
Ewan mclennan sang banks of marble in 2012 on his fellside cd the last bird to sing he commented on his website.
The banks are made of marble br with a guard at every door br and the vaults are stuffed with silver br that the workers sweated for br throughout most of human history br society has been divided between the few br who have enormous wealth and enormous power br and the many who struggle each.
But the banks are made of marble with a guard at every door and the vaults are filled.
Chorus g but the banks are made of marble d g with a guard at every door g and the vaults are stuffed with silver d g that the seamen sweated for verse g d7 g i saw the weary miner c g scrubbing coal dust from his back d7 g i heard his children crying c d g got no coal to heat the shack chorus g but the banks are made of marble d g with a.
I ve traveled around this country from shore to shining shore.
The banks are made of marble a song by les rice stormking music 1950 i ve traveled round this country from shore to shining shore it really made me wonder the things i heard and saw.
Album goodnight irene 1949 1953 disc 1 track 8 of 32 comment and vote folks lyrics will be added on video too.
It really made me wonder the things i heard and saw i saw the weary farmer plowing his sod and.
But the banks are made of marble with a guard at every door and the vaults are made of silver that the workers sweated for.
I ve traveled round this country from sh.
The things i heard and saw.
But the banks are made of marble with a guard at every door and the vaults are filled with silver that the worker sweated for i ve seen the weary housewife buying groceries at the store and i ve heard the grocer saying this is going to cost you more chorus.
I saw the weary farmer plowing sod and loam l heard the auction hammer a knocking down his home but the banks are made of marble with a guard at every door.
The banks of marble lyrics.
Folk music songs banks of marble.
