Americký zpěvák původem z Chicaga, vl. jm. Samuel Cook (nar. 1931). Jeho záběr sahal od gospelu, blues a soulu až po swing a rock´n´roll. Od 40. let zpíval gospely, nejprve se svými sourozenci ve sk. Singing Children, později ve sk. Highway...

Píseň: If I Had A Hammer

Interpret:
Sam Cooke
Album:
Sam Cooke At The Copa
If I had a hammer
 I'd hammer in the morning
 hammer in the evening
 all over this land


 I'd hammer out danger
 hammer out a warning
 I'd hammer out love between
 my brothers and my sisters
 all over this land


 If I had a bell
 I'd tinkle in the morning
 tinkle in the evening time
 all over this land
 I'd tinkle out that danger
 I'd tinkle out a warning
 tinkle out love between
 my brothers and my sisters
 all over this land


 If I had a song
 sing it in the evening
 all over this land
 and I'd sing out danger
 sing out a warning
 I'd sing out love between
 my brothers and my sisters
 all over this land


 yeah, oh yeah
 yeah, oh yeah
 yeah, yeah


 If I had a hammer
 I'd hammer in the morning
 a hammer in the evening time
 all over this land


 I hammer out danger
 hammer out a warning
 I'd hammer out love between
 my brothers and my sisters
 all over this land


 look, I got a hammer
 and I got a bell
 and I got a song to sing
 all over this land
 it's the hammer of justice
 a bell of freedom yeah
 it's a song about love
 between my brothers and my sisters


 all over this land


 yeah, Lord have mercy
 yeah, yeah, yeah yeah