All The Weary Mothers Of The Earth

Joan Baez

All the weary mothers of the earth will finally rest


We will take their babies in our arms and do our best


When the sun is low upon the field


To love and music they will yield


And the weary mothers of the earth shall rest





And the farmer on his tractor and beside his plow


Will stand there in confusion as we wet his brow


With the tears of all the businessmen


Who see what they have done to him


And the weary farmers of the earth shall rest





And the aching workers of the world again shall sing


These words in mighty choruses to all will bring


"We shall no longer be the poor


For no one owns us anymore"





And the workers of the world again shall sing


And when the soldiers burn their uniforms in every land


The foxholes at the borders will be left unmanned


General, when you come for the review


The troops will have forgotten you


And the men and women of the earth shall rest