[Verse]
I've travelled around this country
From shore to shining shore
It really made me wonder
The things I heard and saw

I saw the weary farmer
A-plowing sod and loam
I heard the auction hammer
Just a-knocking down his home

[Chorus]
But the banks are made of marble
With a guard at every door
And the vaults are stuffed with silver
That the farmer sweated for

[Verse]
I've seen the seamen standing
Idly by the shore
And I heard their bosses sayin'
"Got no work for you no more."

[Chorus]
But the banks are made of marble
With a guard at every door
And the vaults are stuffed with silver
That the seamen sweated for
[Verse]
I've seen the weary miner
Scrubbing coal dust from his back
And I've heard his children cryin'
Got no coal to heat the shack

[Chorus]
But the banks are made of marble
With a guard at every door
And the vaults are stuffed with silver
That the miner sweated for

[Verse]
I've seen my brothers working
Throughout this mighty land
I've prayed we'd get together
And together make a stand

[Chorus]
Then we might own those banks of marble
With a guard at every door
And we would share those vaults of silver
That we have sweated for