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T:The Family Of Man
Z:Webmaster
C:Fred Dallas
K:
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W:1
W:I belong to a family, the biggest on the earth
W:Ten thousand every day are coming to birth
W:My name isn’t Johnny, or Jimmy, or Joan.
N:Line 3 of the first verse was altered by the Spinners
N:to suit their own names, thus:
N:  Our name isn't Davis, Hall, Groves, or Jones
W:It's a name every man should be proud he owns
W:
W:ch
W:The family of Man keeps growing
W:The family of Man keeps sowing
W:The seeds of a new life every day
W:
W:2
W:I've got a sister in Melbourne, a brother in Paris
W:The whole wide world is dad and mum to me
W:Wherever you go you'll find my kin
W:Whatever the creed or the colour of the skin
W:
W:3
W:The miner in the Rhondda, the coolie in Peking
W:The men across the ocean who plough, reap and spin
W:They've got a life and others to share it
W:So let's bridge the oceans and declare
W:
W:4
W:From the North Pole ice to the snow at the other
W:There is not a man I wouldn't call brother
W:But there isn't much time, I've had my fill
W:Of the men of war who intend to kill
W:
W:5
W:Some people say the world's a horrible place
W:But it's just as good or bad as the human race
W:Dirt and misery or health and joy
W:Man can build or can destroy

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Song by Fred Dallas
Country of origin: England

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