The Family Of Man - The Spinners (UK)

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[Verse 1]
             
I belong to a 

           
family, the bi

             
ggest on the e

arth
            
Ten thousand e

            
very day are c

        
oming to birth
             
Our name isn't

      
 Davis, Hall, 

Groves, or Jon

es
       
It's a name ev

ery man should

 be proud he o

wns

[Chorus]
             
The family of 

       
Man keeps grow

ing
             
The family of 

       
Man keeps sowi

ng
             
The seeds of a

            
 new life ever

  
y day

[Verse 2]
             
I've got a sis

            
ter in Melbour

             
ne, a brother 

   
in Paree
             
The whole wide

          
 world is dad 

           
and mum to me
            
Wherever you g

 
o you'll find 

my kin
     
What-ever the 

creed or the c

olour of the s

kin

[Chorus]
             
It's the famil

           
y of Man keeps

 
 growing
             
The family of 

       
Man keeps sowi

ng
             
The seeds of a

            
 new life ever

  
y day

[Verse 3]
             
The miner in t

            
he Rhondda, th

           
e coolie in Pe

king
             
The men across

            
 the ocean who

            
 plough, reap 

    
and spin
             
They've got a 

       
life and other

s to share it
   
So let's bridg

e the oceans a

nd declare it

[Chorus]
             
It's the famil

           
y of Man keeps

 
 growing
             
The family of 

       
Man keeps sowi

ng
             
The seeds of a

            
 new life ever

  
y day

[Verse 4]
             
From the North

            
 Pole ice to t

             
he snow at the

 
 other
             
There is not a

          
 man I wouldn'

       
t call brother
             
But there isn'

           
t much time, I

've had my fil

l
       
Of the men of 

war who intend

 to kill

[Chorus]
             
It's the famil

           
y of Man keeps

 
 growing
             
The family of 

       
Man keeps sowi

ng
             
The seeds of a

            
 new life ever

  
y day

[Verse 5]
             
Some people sa

            
y the world's 

             
a horrible pla


ce
             
But it's just 

          
as good or bad

       
 as the human 

race
             
Dirt and miser

           
y or health an

d joy

Man can build 

or can destroy

[Chorus]
             
It's the famil

           
y of Man keeps

 
 growing
             
The family of 

       
Man keeps sowi

ng
             
The seeds of a

            
 new life ever

  
y day

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