You Have a Hammer, You Have a Bell, You Have a Song!

Rise Up, O Young People!

            (an exhortation after the death of Pete Seeger)

Rise up, O young people!

Listen to the words of a song, written

Way back in 1949 by Pete Seeger and Lee Hays:

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.

Well, you do have a hammer, you do have a bell,

You have your own song to sing

All over this land and all over the world.

It’s the hammer of Justice, the bell of Freedom,

The song about the love between your brothers and your sisters.

Rise up, O Young People,

Write the song,

Sing the song from the rooftops, the mountain tops,

Stand up and fight for your lives, your souls,

Your rights, our peace, our justice!