Oh, Had I A Golden Thread

By Pete Seeger

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Chorus
Oh had I a golden thread,
And needle so fine,
I’d weave a magic strand
Of rainbow design,
Of rainbow design.


In it I’d weave the bravery
Of women giving birth,
In it I would weave the innocence
Of children over all the earth,
Children of all earth.

Far over the waters
I’d reach my magic band
Through foreign cities,
To every single land,
To every single land.

Show my brothers and my sisters
My rainbow design
Bind up this sorry world
With hand and heart and mind,
Hand and heart and mind.

Far over the waters
I’d reach my magic band
To every human being
So they would understand,
So they’d understand.


Chorus
Oh had I a golden thread,
And needle so fine,
I’d weave a magic strand
Of rainbow design,
Of rainbow design.

 


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