John Henry

When John Henry was a little baby boy
Sitting on his daddy's knee
He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel
Hammer's gonna be the death of me, oh, lord

Hammer's gonna be the death of me

Well, the captain said to John Henry,
Gonna bring me a steam drill ‘round.
Gonna bring me a steam drill out on the job, oh lord
Gonna whop! that steel on down

John Henry said to his captain
“You know, a man ain’t nothing but a man.
Before I let that steam drill beat me down
I'll die with a hammer in my hand, oh lord

Die with a hammer in my hand

John Henry said to his shaker,
“Shaker, why don’t you sing?
Cause I’m swinging 30 pounds from my hips on down!
Just listen to that cold steel ring, oh lord

Just listen to that cold steel ring

Now the captain said to John Henry,
I believe that mountain’s caving in
John Henry turned to the captain and said,
Ain’t nothing but my hammer sucking wind, oh lord

Nothing but my hammer sucking wind

Well, the man that invented the steam drill
He thought he was mighty fine
But John Henry drove his steel 15 feet
And the steam drill only drove it 9, oh lord

Steam drill only drove it 9

John Henry hammered in the mountain
You know his hammer was striking fire
But he worked so hard he broke his poor heart
He laid down his hammer and he died, oh lord

Laid down his hammer and he died

Now John Henry had a little woman

Her name was Polly Anne

She picked up his hammer and took it to line

Polly Anne drove steel like a man, oh lord

Anne drove steel like a man

Now they took john Henry to the graveyard

They buried him in sand

Every locomotive came roaring on by

Say there lies a steel driving man, oh lord

There lies a steel driving man 

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