If I had a hammer,
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening,
All over this land

I'd hammer out a warning
I'd hammer out Danger
I'd hammer out the love between
My brothers and my sisters,
aaaaall Alll over this land
OOOOOOOOOUUUU OOOOU OOOOOOOU OOOU
OOOOOOOOOUUUU OOOOU OOOOOOOU OOOU

Next!!

Come on ...IF I had a fecking BELL

Waking up to two guys singing...couldn't get any better

That is called a "trip hammer" and they have been used for over two thousand years.
"Trip hammers were usually raised by a cam and then released to fall under the force of gravity. Historically, trip hammers were often powered by a water wheel, and are known to have been used in China as long ago as 20 AD, in Rome by the 1st century AD and in medieval Europe by the 12th century. During the Industrial Revolution the trip hammer fell out of favor and was replaced with the power hammer." Wiki

#4 Yawn!! Might have known, you get a great song going, all we needed was verse three and instead, we get a fecking history lesson on fecking trip hammers. I mean why was it called a fecking trip hammer! You would have to be really blind and stupid to trip over a thing as big as that and probably working in a foundry isn't the job for you. Mutter moment! MM I give in, I just give in, *ankers all of them, feck, can't hold a tune. I don't know, it's tragic, tragic what does a hen have to do, back to the fecking perch (I love my fish) *ankers, Feck JJ SSASP

IF I had a bell...

Wanted to but have to google that too, the rest of the song...

#6 Tut tut I thought you were a grown up lol. You could probably make it up based on the first two verses

I guess the video highlights a great apprentice prank "Oi Jimmy Lad, nip down to stores and bring us a 1682 trip hammer, don't forget to take a string bag" "and while you're there we need a couple of left handed screwdrivers a glass mallet and some sky hooks, on your way back, nip into the deli and get me half a pound of chicken lips"

Older than the US and actually doing some good.

Its that time again...
https://youtu.be/otCpCn0l4Wo?t=2m52s

There ya go Jakey boy!

Peter, Paul & Mary – If I Had A Hammer Lyrics


If I had a hammer,
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening,
All over this land

I'd hammer out danger,
I'd 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 ring it in the morning,
I'd ring it in the evening,
All over this land

I'd ring out danger,
I'd ring out a warning
I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

If I had a song,
I'd sing it in the morning,
I'd sing it in the evening,
All over this land

I'd sing out danger,
I'd sing out a warning
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

Well 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,
It's the bell of Freedom,
It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

It's the hammer of Justice,
It's the bell of Freedom,
It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.

#7 I am "very" grown up , but that does not change the fact that I don't remember the lyrics to this wonderful song. I apologize . Why is someone down-voting #10 when all he does is provide us with the lyrics of the song, this being after waiting the whole day that someone help #1 and #2 complete the song. As JJ would say, nuts.. just nuts

I was on my way to the good old USA when that song hit the charts!....happy days

#11 That's what I'm taking about see! sneaky gits who mark down for no reason. I've just marked him up by the way. #10 I did know all the lyrics Dennychum but nice that everyone who didn't can now sing along, like Thunders Nuts just nuts

I really do love that song..thanks everyone for sharing it.
#13 in their defense though, as I mentioned in my comment with the "good Fishing spot" video, even after I was registered with snotr and I voted comments up and down, it still took me another year or so before I felt comfortable enough to make my first comment, so in retrospect I was also someone who just voted but didn't comment. I guess that could be the reason. So nice of you to stick up for your fellow countrymen #13.