One Woman and a Shovel Lyrics

VERSES
Martha walked right down to the dam,
A hoe and a shovel in either hand.
She was bound to dig for every woman and man,
And child that lay sick with fever.
The government men said, Be our favorite sons,
Be a place of worth some where and someone.
If you drown this valley the canal boats come.
So they drowned their lovely valley.
But the waters grew black and the sickness came.
They hung their heads in grief and shame.
Martha said, We've only ourselves to blame.
And took up a shovel and hoe, Good Lord
She took up a shovel and hoe.
When it's time to say enough and set things right,
The whole world is waist deep in trouble,
Never doubt or question the power of love,
Or one woman with a shovel.
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