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Track: Hammer And The Anvil
Artist: The Longest Johns
Album: Smoke & Oakum

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Name: The Longest Johns
Spotify Genres: sea shanties, folk
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The Longest Johns are a Bristol based, acappella folk music band mainly playing traditional folk songs and shanties. [b]Current Members:[/b] Andy Yates (2012–) Jonathan "JD" Darley (2012–) Robbie Sattin (2014 - Touring Member Only), (2015–) [u]Former Members:[/u] Josh Bowker (2012–2016) Dave Robinson (2012–2023) Anna Cornish (2017–2019)

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Release: The Longest Johns - Smoke & Oakum
Year: 2022
Genres: Folk, World, & Country
Styles: Sea Shanties, Folk

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Paroles de la chanson Hammer and the Anvil par The Longest Johns
I thought to make a horseshoe, and asked my hammer thus
He said “I'll ask the anvil what you require of us”
The hammer asked the anvil and she at once agreed
That they should be together in the way that I decreed
And it's sparks a-flying, passion strong
I am the blacksmith singing
The hammer and the anvil song
I thought to make an anchor, for taking on the main
The hammer and the anvil relented once again
So they sat there together, as I prepared the cast
Thеy braced themselvеs for impact like a sailor on the mast
And it's sparks a-flying, passion strong
I am the blacksmith singing
The hammer and the anvil song
I thought to make a broadsword, for fighting on the field
_ I know the hammer is a noble thing to wield
For though us humble tradesfolk, choose a quiet life
The gods of war come to the door with the hammer and his wife
And it's sparks a-flying, passion strong
I am the blacksmith singing
The hammer and the anvil song

They asked me for a statue, of the general who died
A sword raised in his iron fist and a war horse sat astride
And though I knew they'd try me, for what I did decide
I stuck a hammer in his fist and an anvil by his side
And it's sparks a-flying, passion strong
I am the blacksmith singing
The hammer and the anvil song
Now all you merry blacksmiths, a warning take by me
Stick to your country horseshoes and your anchors for the sea
When the gods of war come calling, promising you gold
They'll take your hammer, take your anvil, take your very soul
And it's sparks a-flying, passion strong
I am the blacksmith singing
The hammer and the anvil song
And it's sparks a-flying, passion strong
I am the blacksmith singing
The hammer and the anvil song