《John Henry (Album Version)》歌词

[00:00:22] When John Henry was a little baby

[00:00:27] Sitting on his daddy's knee

[00:00:31] Pointed he figured out a little piece of steel

[00:00:39] Steel's gonna be the death of me Lord Lord

[00:00:42] Steel's gonna be the death of me

[00:00:49] Well now steel's gonna be the death of me Lord Lord

[00:00:51] Steel's gonna be the death of me

[00:00:51] John Henry told his captain one day

[00:00:53] 'A man ain't nothin' but a man

[00:00:57] Before I will let you steam drill beat me down

[00:01:01] Would die with this hammer in my hand Lord Lord'

[00:01:05] Die with this hammer in my hand

[00:01:06] I would die with this hammer in my hand Lord Lord

[00:01:18] Die with this hammer in my hand

[00:01:20] John Henry had a little woman

[00:01:22] Her name was Polly Ann

[00:01:23] John Henry got sick and had to go to bed

[00:01:25] You know Polly she drove steel like a man Lord Lord

[00:01:27] Polly she drove steel like a man

[00:01:28] How she drive John Henry drivin' on the right hand side

[00:01:30] Steam drill drivin' on the left

[00:01:31] Before I will let your steam drill beat me down

[00:01:37] I will drive my poor self to death Lord Lord

[00:01:41] Drive my poor self to death

[00:01:44] John Henry drove steel on the Southern

[00:01:49] He drove steel on the C&O

[00:01:52] He drove steel for that Big Ben Tunnel

[00:01:58] Steel drivin' kill John you know steel drivin' kill John you know

[00:02:03] Well now steel drivin' kill John you know Lord Lord

[00:02:07] Steel drivin' kill John you know

[00:02:10] Some says John Henry was born in Texas

[00:02:14] Some people thinks he was born in Maine

[00:02:17] John Henry was born down in Tennessee

[00:02:19] He was a leader of a steel driving gang Lord Lord

[00:02:20] Leader of a steel driving gang

[00:02:22] Was a leader of a steel driving gang Lord Lord

[00:02:27] Leader of a steel driving gang

[00:02:44] Well the captain loved to see John Henry

[00:02:46] One of all loved to hear him sing

[00:02:49] But most of all that the paymaster loved

[00:02:50] He just loved to get John Henry's hammer ring

[00:02:52] He just loved to get John Henry's hammer ring

[00:02:55] He just loved to get John Henry's hammer ring Lord Lord

[00:02:57] Loved to get John Henry's hammer ring

[00:03:00] They carried John Henry on the mountain

[00:03:01] Upon a mountain so high

[00:03:04] Last words I heard that poor boy say

[00:03:05] Give me a cool drink of water 'fore I die

[00:03:14] Give me a cool drink of water 'fore I die

[00:03:53] Give me a cool drink of water 'fore I die

[00:03:57] Well they carried John Henry's body to the White house

[00:04:01] And they laid it in the sand

[00:04:04] Every time a locomotive follows go rollin' by

[00:04:08] They say yonder lays a steel drivin' man

[00:04:11] Well now yonder lays a steel drivin' man

[00:04:25] They say yonder lays a steel drivin' man

[00:04:26] Yonder lays a steel drivin' man