《John Henry》歌词

[00:00:00] John Henry he could hammer

[00:00:00] He could whistle he could sing

[00:00:01] He went to the mountain early in the mornin'

[00:00:02] Just to hear his hammer ring Lord Lord

[00:00:03] Just to hear his hammer ring

[00:00:04] Just to hear his hammer ring Lord Lord

[00:00:05] Just to hear his hammer ring

[00:00:06] When John Henry was a little baby

[00:00:09] Sittin' on his daddy's knee

[00:00:12] He picked up a hammer a little piece of steel

[00:00:14] Said hammer be the death of me Lord Lord

[00:00:15] Said hammer be the death of me

[00:00:15] Said hammer be the death of me Lord Lord

[00:00:18] Said hammer be the death of me

[00:00:23] When John Henry's fam'ly needed money

[00:00:23] Said he didn't have but a dime

[00:00:24] If you wait 'til the red sun goes down

[00:00:25] I'll get it from the man in the mine Lord Lord

[00:00:27] I'll get it from the man in the mine

[00:00:28] I'll get it from the man in the mine Lord Lord

[00:00:30] I'll get it from the man in the mine

[00:00:30] Well John Henry went to the Captain

[00:00:34] Said the captain what can you do

[00:00:35] I can hoist a jack I can lay a track

[00:00:37] I can pick and shovel too Lord Lord

[00:00:38] I can pick and shovel too

[00:00:39] I can pick and shovel too Lord Lord

[00:00:43] I can pick and shovel too

[00:00:44] Well the captain said to John Henry

[00:00:45] Gonna bring me a steam drill 'round

[00:00:46] Gonna bring me a steam drill out on the job

[00:00:48] Gonna whup that steel on down Lord Lord

[00:00:49] Whup that steel on down

[00:00:49] Well John Henry said to the captain

[00:00:50] Oh a man ain't nothin' but a man

[00:00:52] 'Fore I'd let your steam drill beat me down

[00:00:53] I'd die with my hammer in my hand Lord Lord

[00:00:54] Die with my hammer in my hand

[00:00:57] Well John Henry said to the captain

[00:01:02] Looka yonder what I see

[00:01:03] Hole done choke drill done broke

[00:01:05] And you can't drive steel like me Lord Lord

[00:01:06] Can't drive steel like me

[00:01:07] Oh no you can't drive steel like me no no

[00:01:08] Can't drive steel like me

[00:01:09] Well John Henry drove into the mountain

[00:01:10] His hammer was strikin' fire

[00:01:12] He drove so hard he broke his poor heart

[00:01:12] And he laid down his hammer and he died Lord Lord

[00:01:15] Laid down his hammer and he died

[00:01:15] He laid down his hammer and he died Great God

[00:01:16] Laid down his hammer and he died

[00:01:20] Oh they took John Henry to the White House

[00:01:22] And they buried him in the sand

[00:01:26] Every locomotive come roarin' by

[00:01:29] Says there lies a steel drivin' man Lord Lord

[00:01:32] There lies a steel drivin' man

[00:01:33] Says there lies a steel drivin' man Lord Lord

[00:01:34] There lies a steel drivin' man

[00:01:35] Shaker why don't you sing

[00:01:35] I'm throwin' twelve pounds from my hips on down

[00:01:36] Just listen to the cold steel ring

[00:01:37] Just listen to the cold steel ring

[00:01:38] Well the Captain says to John Henry

[00:01:40] I believe this mountains cavin' in

[00:01:41] John Henry said to the Captain

[00:01:42] 'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind

[00:01:43] 'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind

[00:01:45] The man that invented the steamdrill

[00:01:45] Thought he was mighty fine

[00:01:46] John Henry made his fifteen feet

[00:01:47] The steamdrill only made nine

[00:01:47] The steamdrill only made nine

[00:01:49] Well John Henry had a little woman

[00:01:50] And her name was Polly Ann