“Hammer Ring”
Description
"Oh, my hammer, hammer ring (x2), Ringin' on de buildin, hammer ring (x2)." Doncha hear dat hammer... She ringin' like jedgment." "Oh, Lawd, dat hammer."
Notes
Not to be confused, obviously, with the Modern Folk "Hammer Song" ("If I Had a Hammer"). - RBW
Cross references
- cf. "Take This Hammer"
- cf. "Don't You Hear My Hammer Ringing"
Recordings
- Jesse Bradley and group of prisoners, "Hammer, Ring" (AFS 219 A2; on LC8)
- Texas state farm prisoners, "Let Your Hammer Ring" (on NPCWork)
References
- Lomax-ABFS, pp. 61-62, "The Hammer Song" (1 text, tune referenced)
- BI, LxA061