Bling Blang    Woody Guthrie    

I love the sound of a long nail being hammered into a two by four. It makes a musical twanging sound. And when I hear construction workers building a house I wonder why they don't hammer and saw in rhythm with each other. This is the sound of a house being built in rhythm.

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Bling blang hammer with my hammer

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Zingo zango cutting with my saw

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You get a hammer and I’ll get a nail

You catch a bird and I’ll catch a snail

You bring a board and I’ll bring a saw

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And we’ll build a house for our baby oh.

Bling blang...

I’ll grab mud and you grab clay

So when it rains it won’t wash away

We’ll build a house that will be so strong

The wind will sing my baby a song.

Bling blang...

You bring a ladder and I’ll bring a box

We’ll build our house out of bricks and blocks

When the snowbird flies and the honey bee combs

We’ll feed our baby on the honey in the comb.

Bling blang...

Run bring rocks and I’ll bring bricks

A nice pretty house we’ll build and fix

We’ll jump inside when the cold wind blows

And kiss our pretty little baby’s nose.

Bling blang...