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If I had a hammer

I cannot remember when I first heard this song but it must have been some time in the late sixties because I always associate "If I had a hammer" with "Flower Power", "San Francisco" and Peaceniks". It was only when working through Wilfried Drygala's songbooks sometime in the early 1980's that I eventually took it into my repertoire. I sing it but rarely these days and then only for my own pleasure.
"If I had a hammer" has been recorded by:
 Peter Paul and Mary on "Around The Campfire" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Peter Paul and Mary on "In Concert" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Pete Seeger on "Precious Friend" CD(s) & MP3 Album(s)
 Ella Jenkins on "And a Union of Friends Pulling Together" 
 Various Artists on "For Our Children Too" 
 Pete Seeger on "Clearwater Classics" 
 The Weavers on "Wasn't That A Time!" 
 Odetta on "The Essential Odetta" 
 Various Artists on "From the Heart of America"