《John Henry》歌词

[00:00:00] John Henry (Live) - Harry Belafonte

[00:00:27] John Henry he could hammer

[00:00:30] He could whistle he could sing

[00:00:32] He went to the mountain early in the mornin'

[00:00:35] Just to hear his hammer ring Lord Lord

[00:00:38] Just to hear his hammer ring

[00:00:40] Just to hear his hammer ring Lord Lord

[00:00:43] Just to hear his hammer ring

[00:00:46] When John Henry was a little baby

[00:00:49] Sittin' on his daddy's knee

[00:00:51] He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel

[00:00:54] Said hammer be the death of me Lord Lord

[00:00:57] Said hammer be the death of me

[00:00:59] Said hammer be the death of me Lord Lord

[00:01:02] Said hammer be the death of me

[00:01:05] When John Henry's fam'ly needed money

[00:01:08] Said he didn't have but a dime

[00:01:10] If you wait 'til the red sun goes down

[00:01:13] I'll get it from the man in the mine Lord Lord

[00:01:16] I'll get it from the man in the mine

[00:01:18] I'll get it from the man in the mine Lord Lord

[00:01:21] I'll get it from the man in the mine

[00:01:23] Well the Captain said to John Henry

[00:01:26] John Henry what can you do

[00:01:29] I can hoist a jack I can lay a track

[00:01:32] I can pick and shovel too Lord Lord

[00:01:35] I can pick and shovel too

[00:01:37] I can pick and shovel too Lord Lord

[00:01:40] I can pick and shovel too

[00:01:43] Well John Henry said to the captain

[00:01:45] Oh a man ain't nothin' but a man

[00:01:48] But I'd let your steam drill beat me down

[00:01:51] I'd die with my hammer in my hand Lord Lord

[00:01:54] Die with my hammer in my hand

[00:01:56] Yes I'd die with my hammer in my hand Lord Lord

[00:01:59] Die with my hammer in my hand

[00:02:02] Well the captain said to John Henry

[00:02:04] I wanna bring me a steam drill 'round

[00:02:07] Gonna bring me a steam drill out on the job

[00:02:10] Gonna whup that steel on down Lord Lord

[00:02:13] Gonna whup that steel on down

[00:02:15] I gonna whup that steel on down Lord Lord

[00:02:18] Gonna whup that steel on down

[00:02:21] Well John Henry said to his Shaker

[00:02:24] Shaker why don't you sing

[00:02:26] I'm throwin' fifteen pounds from my hips on down

[00:02:29] Listen to the cold steel ring Lord Lord

[00:02:32] Just listen to the cold steel ring

[00:02:35] Listen to the cold steel ring Lord Lord

[00:02:37] Won't you listen to the cold steel ring

[00:02:40] Well the man that invented the steamdrill

[00:02:43] Thought he was mighty fine

[00:02:45] John Henry made his fifteen feet

[00:02:48] The steamdrill only made nine lord lord

[00:02:51] The steamdrill only made nine

[00:02:54] The steamdrill only made nine lord lord

[00:02:56] The steamdrill only made nine

[00:02:59] Well the Captain says to John Henry

[00:03:02] Oh you mountains seem cavin' in

[00:03:04] John Henry said to the Captain

[00:03:07] Oh my it ain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind Lord Lord

[00:03:10] It ain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind

[00:03:12] It ain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind Lord Lord

[00:03:15] It ain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind

[00:03:18] Well John Henry said to the captain

[00:03:21] Looka yonder what I see

[00:03:24] Hole done choke drill done broke

[00:03:26] And you can't drive steel like me Lord Lord

[00:03:29] Can't drive steel like me

[00:03:32] Oh you can't drive steel like me no no

[00:03:34] You can't drive steel like me

[00:03:37] Well John Henry drove into the mountain

[00:03:40] Yes his hammer was strikin' fire

[00:03:43] He drove so hard he broke his poor heart

[00:03:46] When he laid down his hammer and he died Lord Lord

[00:03:48] Laid down his hammer and he died

[00:03:51] He laid down his hammer and he died Lord Lord

[00:03:54] He laid down his hammer and he died

[00:03:56] Well John Henry had a little woman

[00:03:59] And her name was Polly Ann

[00:04:02] She walked down the track

[00:04:03] She never looked back

[00:04:04] Polly Anne drove steel like a man Lord Lord

[00:04:07] Polly Anne drove steel like a man

[00:04:10] Polly Anne drove steel like a man Lord Lord

[00:04:13] Polly Anne drove steel like a man

[00:04:15] Oh the people took John Henry to the White House

[00:04:18] And they buried him in the sand

[00:04:21] Every locomotive come roarin' by

[00:04:23] Says there lies a steel drivin' man Lord Lord

[00:04:26] Just there lies a steel drivin' man

[00:04:29] Says there lies a steel drivin' man who is

[00:04:32] There lies a steel drivin' man

[00:04:34] Says there lies a steel drivin' man Lord Lord

[00:04:37] Just there lies a steel drivin' man