Banks Of Marble Lyrics - Singles - Iris Dement

I've traveled 'round this country 

from shore to shining shore 

It really made me wonder 

the things I heard and saw 

I saw the weary farmer 

plowing sod and loam 

l heard the auction hammer 

just a-knocking down his home 

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've seen the weary miner 

scrubbing coal dust from his back 

I heard his children cryin' 

"Got no coal to heat the shack" 

But the banks are made of marble 

with a guard at every door 

and the vaults are stuffed with silver 

that the miner sweated for 

I've seen my brothers working 

throughout this mighty land 

l prayed we'd get together 

and together make a stand 

Then we might own those banks of marble 

with a guard at every door 

and we might share those vaults of silver 

that we have sweated for