《John Henry(Remaster)》歌词

[00:00:00] John Henry (Remaster) - Odetta (欧蒂塔)

[00:00:00] Written by：Rr/Traditional

[00:00:08] John Henry was a little baby

[00:00:14] Sittin on his momma's knee

[00:00:17] Said the big bend tunnel on the C & O road

[00:00:21] Is gonna be the death of me lord

[00:00:26] Be the death of me

[00:00:30] When John Henry was a little baby

[00:00:35] Sittin' on his poppa's knee

[00:00:38] He took a hammer a little piece of steel

[00:00:42] Said hammer's gonna be the death of me lord lord

[00:00:46] Hammer's gonna be the death of me

[00:00:50] John Henry had a little woman

[00:00:54] Her name was Mary Magdalene

[00:00:58] Every day she would sing for John Henry

[00:01:02] Just to hear his hammer when it swing lord

[00:01:06] Just to hear his hammer when it swing

[00:01:09] And now the captain he says to John Henry

[00:01:13] I'm gonna bring that steam drill round

[00:01:17] I'm gonna bring that steam drill out on the job

[00:01:21] I'm gonna whop that steel on down steel on down

[00:01:28] John Henry said to his captain

[00:01:32] I know a man ain't nothin' but a man

[00:01:36] But before I'll let your steam drill beat me down

[00:01:40] I'll die with my hammer in my hand lord

[00:01:43] I'll die with my hammer in my hand

[00:01:46] John Henry said to his shaker

[00:01:51] Shaker why don't you sing

[00:01:54] And now I'm throwin' forty pounds from my hip on down

[00:01:58] Listen to the cold steel ring lawdy lawdy

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

[00:02:05] John Henry said to his captain

[00:02:08] Looky yonder what I see

[00:02:12] Steam drill broke your hole done choke

[00:02:16] You can't drive steel like me lord

[00:02:19] You can't drive steel like me

[00:02:23] John Henry a workin' on the mountain

[00:02:26] Hammer was a strikin' fire

[00:02:30] But he worked so hard it broke his poor heart

[00:02:34] He laid down his hammer and he died lawdy

[00:02:37] He lad down his hammer and he died

[00:02:40] Now momma's gonna shoe my pretty little feet

[00:02:44] Poppy gonna glove my hand

[00:02:48] Sister gonna kiss my red ruby lips

[00:02:51] I don't need no man lawdy lawdy

[00:02:55] Not after my steel drivin' man lawdy lawdy

[00:02:59] Not after my steel drivin' man