《John Henry》歌词

[00:00:00] John Henry - Leadbelly

[00:00:56] John Henry was a new-born baby,

[00:01:00] Sittin' down on his mama's knee

[00:01:04] Say, "That Big Bend Tunnel on that C & O Road,

[00:01:08] It's gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord

[00:01:12] It's gonna be the death of me.

[00:01:15] It's gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord

[00:01:19] It's gonna be the death of me."

[00:01:23] John Henry had two women,

[00:01:27] One was named Mary Magdalene

[00:01:31] He would go out on the job and she would sing,

[00:01:35] "Hear John Henry's hammer ring, Lord, Lord,

[00:01:38] Hear John Henry's hammer ring.

[00:01:42] Hear John Henry's hammer ring, Lord, Lord,

[00:01:45] Hear John Henry's hammer ring."

[00:01:49] John Henry had another little woman,

[00:01:53] Her name was sweet Polly Ann

[00:01:56] John Henry taken sick, boy,

[00:01:58] And he had to go to bed

[00:02:01] Polly Ann drove steel just like a man, Lord, Lord

[00:02:04] Polly Ann drove steel like a man

[00:02:08] Polly Ann drove steel just like a man, Lord Lord

[00:02:11] Polly Ann drove steel like a man

[00:02:19] "Baby, who's gonna shoe your little feet,

[00:02:23] Tell me, who's gonna glove your hand?

[00:02:26] Tell me, who's gonna kiss your sweet lips now

[00:02:30] Tell me, who's gonna be your man, Lord, Lord

[00:02:33] Tell me, who's gonna be your man.

[00:02:37] Tell me, who's gonna be your man, Lord, Lord

[00:02:40] Tell me, who's gonna be your man?"

[00:02:43] She told him,

[00:02:45] "My papa's gonna shoe my little feet,

[00:02:48] My mama's gonna glove my hand

[00:02:52] My sister's gonna kiss my sweet little lips, now

[00:02:56] You know I don't need no man, Lord, Lord

[00:02:59] You know I don't need no man.

[00:03:03] You know I don't need no man, Lord, Lord

[00:03:06] You know I don't need no man."

[00:03:09] Tell him now

[00:03:34] Then they taken John Henry to the White House

[00:03:38] They buried him in the sand

[00:03:42] And every locomotive come a-rollin' by, sayin',

[00:03:45] "There lies that steel-drivin' man, Lord, Lord

[00:03:49] There lies that steel-drivin' man.

[00:03:52] There lies that steel-drivin' man, Lord, Lord

[00:03:55] There lies that steel-drivin' man."