Do you ever get a song in your head that stays with you for days? If you're about (ummm) my age, you probably heard that Mary Travers, of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, passed away recently. Ever since then, I've had the song "If I Had a Hammer" playing over and over again in my head. What a great song, back then and today!
Well, I decided to pick up my favorite hammer, a piece of heavy copper wire, and start to sing and hammer away. No saws, no files, just a hammer and an anvil. This necklace set is the result of all that hammering. (OK, I admit I used a hole punch to make the holes in the tops so I could connect the pieces to chain and earwires.)
You can watch a video here of Peter, Paul and Mary singing the song. Enjoy!
IF I HAD A HAMMER (The Hammer Song) words and music by Lee Hays and Pete Seeger
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've got a hammer
And I've got a bell
And I've 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
©1958, 1962 (renewed), 1986 (renewed)
TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI)
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Paul Stookey's best friend is a great friend of my husbands and mine. We saw him perform for a little local benefit in August, he was wonderful.
ReplyDeleteGreat song and I really like with you did with your hammer...gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteLisa, how cool is it that you know Paul Stookey! He is wonderful & the group was an icon of that era. I still love their songs!
ReplyDeleteSassy Glass - thank you for reading my blog and your comments. I am pleased that the set has already sold on etsy and a friend wants me to forge another for her.
Nice work!
ReplyDeleteI bought a foot of 8g copper wire at home depot last spring, whacked it a few times and set it aside; man that stuff is hard! haha...
Thanks for following my blog!
Hi Stormy -
ReplyDeleteThe heavy copper is really hard! Anneal, anneal, anneal is the trick to managing it. I love your work!