Cultural heritage

[Music] for you and for [Music] me the blacksmith keeps his fire bright the Bellows blows his hammer strikes the blacksmith works with all his might to bend the iron to make the shoe to sh the horse for you and for me Silas pit worked hard Mighty hard as a blacksmith ought and like a blacksmith for the most part he was selftaught now silus there could Hammer a red hot iron and shape it up until it was rought the way he wanted [Music] that's a hook he's [Music] making and silence could chew a horse I'll say along with the best of them now some might not consider this a gentle art but horses know whether a man is smart or not and country folks aren't fooled much by a lot of [Music] talk come on there Bessie yes sir the mill wheel goes round and round the Miller stream keeps flowing down the Miller works the whole day round to grind the wheat to make the flour to bake the bread for you and for me [Music] Tom that's what folks call the Miller there Tom always saw to it that you got more than good measure to him that was just about the main part of his pleasure sure a good living was what one expected out of things but Folk had more to live for then than what they just piled up or collected the wheat to make the FL to B the bread for you and for me seems like men worked longer hours then without one eye set on the clock you take those honorable gents known as The Press newspaper fellows well there's never been a time or place I reckon where people didn't hanker for a way of knowing what was going on around them from his nibs King George III to the fellow right next door but getting out the news in those days meant hand setting of The type working the presses smoothing out of the ink and turning out each and every sheet one at a time well at least this process gave the editor a lot more time to think [Music] to son the woman work is never done she TS and cares for everyone she spins the yarn she weaves the cloth she makes the clothes for you and for me oh [Music] [Music] oh she spins the yarn she weaves the cloth she makes the clothes for you and for me [Music] I'll make youred Fe light I'll spread your bed with covers bright to you throughout the night the bed is warm so rest from harm until the comes tender and bright the man may work from Sun to Sun the woman's work is never done she keeps the house for everyone she weaves and Spins she scour and mens she cooks and cleans for you and for me in those days it took an Apprentice seven full years of Labor before he could claim to have mastered his trade he needed to know not just a part but how the whole dared thing was made for seven long years I apprenticed to learn the carpenter trade I studied hard from master and did each thing he b i serveed my apprenticeship with Master William D and there's no better Carpenter than Master D and me those forefathers of ours you may have heard were over strict in many ways but to them no man was better than his words and Excellence was more to be valued than having money in the bank for integrity requires no vaults or bookkeeping it's deposited in the heart and as the years Roll by it compounds in interest from the very start I will give you riches rare Gifts of Crystal Treasures costly gifts from more the sea if you say you'll marry me give me pres from your heart and we never shall fart a present by your own hand makes all other Treasures fade all day long I work at my trade I do my best each passing day not with coins of gold am I paid but with man's [Music] integ no machine as yet had been invented that could give an artisan that same sense of Pride he got from doing a job well himself smoothing out out a delicate Edge or line giving extra strength to the place where it was needed most why sure it took a lot more time what of it if it did the job right that was something every worker worth his salt felt he owed to himself all day long I work at my trade I do my best each passing day not with coins of gold my but with man's Integrity when my bones are laid to rest on My Grave for all to see in my work I gave my best for my own integrity [Music] All Aboard come on get up there there we go back then a man found pleasure just making a hall along a shady Road sure why not gave him time to see things time to hear life going on all around life Clean and Clear easy there now take your time see you later as America grew and its Villages prospered there came into being the Country Store and folks began going to town more and more some to post the letter some for wool to darn a sock or mend a skirt or sweater most Farmers had to be frugal and their women land alive women then were downright Thrifty people didn't up and buy things right off in a huff or Jiffy a length of material was measured with care checked for its seams gauged for its flare uh what's that thing it looks like a shrimp trap it's what they called a hop skirt you see it was fashioned to hold the dress out and a lady in I'll make me a dress chair and SE it all with a silen thread with ribbons bright I'll T my hand and put on pett Co I tie at my waist a sash of green Golden Shoes On My Feet I'll wear and over my heart the r I'll pin for my love who is [Music] so even the children who came into the store to buy a Penny's worth of candy seldom bought more Don't It Make your mouth water just to see think about it lemon drops licorice peppermint sticks yeah and Taffy yes sir good [Music] things the golden sun is in the West the AUM leaves now fall to remember that they gave their best to plant and plow to re and sew to build and grow for you and for me