I belong to a family, the biggest on earth
A thousand every day are coming to birth
Our name isn't Dallas, or Hasted, or Jones
It's a name that every man should be proud he owns
It's the Family of Man, keeps growing
The Family of Man, keeps sowing
The seeds of a new life every day
I've got a sister in Melbourne, a brother in Paris
The whole wide world is brother and sister to me
Wherever you go, you'll find my kin
Whatever his creed or the colour of his skin
It's the Family of Man...
The miner in Rhondda, the coolie in Peking
Men across the world who reap and sew and spin
They've all got a life and others to share it
Let's bridge the ocean and declare it
It's the Family of Man..
From the North Pole ice to the snow of the other
There isn't a man who I wouldn't call brother
But I haven't much time, I've had my fill
Of men of war, who want to kill
It's the Family of Man..
Some people say the world is a horrible place
But it's just as good or bad as the human race
Dirt and Misery or health and joy
Man can build or Man can destroy
It's the Family of Man, keeps growing
The Family of Man, keeps sowing
The seeds of a new life every day
Fred ‘Karl’ Dallas