“The people are building a peaceful world, and when the job is done
That'll be the biggest thing that man has ever done.”

The Columbia River Collection (1941), Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done
Variant: The world is digging, slavery's grave and when the job is done
This'll be the biggest thing that man has ever done.
Context: I'd better quit my talking, 'cause I told you all I know,
But please remember, pardner, wherever you may go,
The people are building a peaceful world, and when the job is done
That'll be the biggest thing that man has ever done.

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American singer-songwriter and folk musician 1912–1967

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“I better quit my talking now; I told you all I know,
But please remember, pardner, wherever you may go,
I'm older than your old folks, and I'm younger than the young,
And I'm about the biggest thing that man has ever done.”

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The Columbia River Collection (1941), Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done

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