Hammer and Spade Lyrics

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[00:00.30]	If I could get the water fowl to follow me
[00:05.80]	Straight into the weeds, distribute the seeds
[00:12.10]	These are the verses I would sing
[00:16.80]	As they cock their heads and waive their wings
[00:22.60]	To these oaken birches I would cling
[00:27.80]	Till left for dead, hewing and hammering
[00:54.45]	On the Kennebec we settled on mugwumpery
[00:59.93]	Granite, rye, grist and corn
[01:05.10]	And claimed respect with metal, luck and dignity
[01:10.80]	Fifty rods and ten are bore
[01:16.48]	These are the wishes of the dead
[01:21.70]	Raise up your flag, hold up high your head
[01:27.50]	Care for the fields that bear your bread
[01:32.38]	And net your shad along the river bed
[01:59.51]	Sometimes I reach up and pull across the shade
[02:05.73]	Oh too beautiful, I can’t concentrate
[02:12.00]	Sometimes I can’t seem to hold the cross we made
[02:17.25]	Hands are full, hammer and spade
[02:22.58]	These are the wishes of the dead
[02:27.51]	Raise up your flag, hold up high your head
[02:33.19]	Care for the fields that bear your bread
[02:38.71]	Net your shad along the river

	ti:
	ar:
	al:
[00:00.30]	If I could get the water fowl to follow me
[00:05.80]	Straight into the weeds, distribute the seeds
[00:12.10]	These are the verses I would sing
[00:16.80]	As they cock their heads and waive their wings
[00:22.60]	To these oaken birches I would cling
[00:27.80]	Till left for dead, hewing and hammering
[00:54.45]	On the Kennebec we settled on mugwumpery
[00:59.93]	Granite, rye, grist and corn
[01:05.10]	And claimed respect with metal, luck and dignity
[01:10.80]	Fifty rods and ten are bore
[01:16.48]	These are the wishes of the dead
[01:21.70]	Raise up your flag, hold up high your head
[01:27.50]	Care for the fields that bear your bread
[01:32.38]	And net your shad along the river bed
[01:59.51]	Sometimes I reach up and pull across the shade
[02:05.73]	Oh too beautiful, I can' t concentrate
[02:12.00]	Sometimes I can' t seem to hold the cross we made
[02:17.25]	Hands are full, hammer and spade
[02:22.58]	These are the wishes of the dead
[02:27.51]	Raise up your flag, hold up high your head
[02:33.19]	Care for the fields that bear your bread
[02:38.71]	Net your shad along the river

	ti:
	ar:
	al:
[00:00.30]	If I could get the water fowl to follow me
[00:05.80]	Straight into the weeds, distribute the seeds
[00:12.10]	These are the verses I would sing
[00:16.80]	As they cock their heads and waive their wings
[00:22.60]	To these oaken birches I would cling
[00:27.80]	Till left for dead, hewing and hammering
[00:54.45]	On the Kennebec we settled on mugwumpery
[00:59.93]	Granite, rye, grist and corn
[01:05.10]	And claimed respect with metal, luck and dignity
[01:10.80]	Fifty rods and ten are bore
[01:16.48]	These are the wishes of the dead
[01:21.70]	Raise up your flag, hold up high your head
[01:27.50]	Care for the fields that bear your bread
[01:32.38]	And net your shad along the river bed
[01:59.51]	Sometimes I reach up and pull across the shade
[02:05.73]	Oh too beautiful, I can' t concentrate
[02:12.00]	Sometimes I can' t seem to hold the cross we made
[02:17.25]	Hands are full, hammer and spade
[02:22.58]	These are the wishes of the dead
[02:27.51]	Raise up your flag, hold up high your head
[02:33.19]	Care for the fields that bear your bread
[02:38.71]	Net your shad along the river

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