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The Banks of Marble
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Leo Kottke
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I've traveled 'round this country
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from shore to shining shore
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It really made me wonder
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the things I heard and saw
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I saw the weary farmer
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plowing sod and loam
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l heard the auction hammer
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just a-knocking down his home
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But the banks are made of marble
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with a guard at every door
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and the vaults are stuffed with silver
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that the farmer sweated for
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I've seen the weary miner
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scrubbing coal dust from his back
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I heard his children cryin'
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"Got no coal to heat the shack"
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But the banks are made of marble
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with a guard at every door
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and the vaults are stuffed with silver
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that the miner sweated for
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I've seen my brothers working
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throughout this mighty land
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l prayed we'd get together
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and together make a stand
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Then we might own those banks of marble
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with a guard at every door
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and we might share those vaults of silver
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that we have sweated for
Leo Kottke--Ring Ring
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