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I've seen the hands of the laborers lifting all the loads
Granite stuck to their fingers as they dug the canals and the roads
Now they're cleared and the bridges span the river paused bay a power dam
Now the hand of the laborer is reaching out to you
Oh the hands hands hands that worked to build land, land, your land
The labor of the woman and the man workin' with their hands

And I've seen the hands of the lumberjacks; forests swaying in the breeze.
And the splinters stuck to their fingers as lumber was torn from the trees.
And the wood that came from your timber tall built your buildings from
wall to wall. And now the hand of the lumberjack is reaching out to you.
Oh the hands hands hands that worked to build land, land, your land
The labor of the woman and the man workin' with their hands

I've seen the hands of the miners digging out the coal.
The black dust stuck to their fingers as they lived their lives down in a hole.
Now that rock is still under the ground, and now their mine is closin' down.
And now the hand of the miner is reaching out to you.
Oh the hands hands hands that worked to build land, land, your land
The labor of the woman and the man workin' with their hands

And I've seen the hands of the farmers plowin' across the fields.
And the topsoil stuck to their fingers as the earth was split by the steel.
Just growing all they could grow, to fill your tables row after row.
And now the hand of the farmer is reaching out to you.
Oh the hands, hands, hands were working on the land, your land.
The labor of the woman and the man working with their hands.
Hands, hands, working with their hands.

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from I'll Always Sing, released January 1, 1992

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Betty and the Baby Boomers New Paltz, New York

An acoustic folk quintet from New York's Hudson Valley. Folk song magazine Sing Out! described the group as “a refreshing reminder of the halcyon days of American folk music” and the CD [Tumbling Through the Stream of Days] as “an enthusiastic testament to the sheer joy of singing and playing music.” ... more

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