《John Henry》歌词

[00:00:12] John Henry he could hammer

[00:00:15] He could whistle he could sing

[00:00:15] He went to the mountain early in the mornin'

[00:00:18] Just to hear his hammer ring Lord Lord

[00:00:19] Just to hear his hammer ring

[00:00:22] Just to hear his hammer ring Lord Lord

[00:00:23] Just to hear his hammer ring

[00:00:24] When John Henry was a little baby

[00:00:25] Sittin' on his daddy's knee

[00:00:26] He picked up a hammer a little piece of steel

[00:00:27] Said hammer be the death of me Lord Lord

[00:00:29] Said hammer be the death of me

[00:00:31] Said hammer be the death of me Lord Lord

[00:00:34] Said hammer be the death of me

[00:00:39] When John Henry's fam'ly needed money

[00:00:40] Said he didn't have but a dime

[00:00:42] If you wait 'til the red sun goes down

[00:00:45] I'll get it from the man in the mine Lord Lord

[00:00:47] I'll get it from the man in the mine

[00:00:50] I'll get it from the man in the mine Lord Lord

[00:00:51] I'll get it from the man in the mine

[00:00:52] Well John Henry went to the Captain

[00:00:54] Said the captain what can you do

[00:00:55] I can hoist a jack I can lay a track

[00:00:57] I can pick and shovel too Lord Lord

[00:01:02] I can pick and shovel too

[00:01:03] I can pick and shovel too Lord Lord

[00:01:04] I can pick and shovel too

[00:01:06] Well the captain said to John Henry

[00:01:08] Gonna bring me a steam drill 'round

[00:01:09] Gonna bring me a steam drill out on the job

[00:01:12] Gonna whup that steel on down Lord Lord

[00:01:15] Whup that steel on down

[00:01:17] Well John Henry said to the captain

[00:01:18] Oh a man ain't nothin' but a man

[00:01:20] 'Fore I'd let your steam drill beat me down

[00:01:21] I'd die with my hammer in my hand Lord Lord

[00:01:23] Die with my hammer in my hand

[00:01:28] Well John Henry said to the captain

[00:01:29] Looka yonder what I see

[00:01:34] Hole done choke drill done broke

[00:01:35] And you can't drive steel like me Lord Lord

[00:01:36] Can't drive steel like me

[00:01:39] Oh no you can't drive steel like me no no

[00:01:42] Can't drive steel like me

[00:01:45] Well John Henry drove into the mountain

[00:01:46] His hammer was strikin' fire

[00:01:47] He drove so hard he broke his poor heart

[00:01:48] And he laid down his hammer and he died Lord Lord

[00:01:51] Laid down his hammer and he died

[00:01:52] He laid down his hammer and he died Great God

[00:01:55] Laid down his hammer and he died

[00:01:57] Oh they took John Henry to the White House

[00:02:00] And they buried him in the sand

[00:02:01] Every locomotive come roarin' by

[00:02:02] Says there lies a steel drivin' man Lord Lord

[00:02:03] There lies a steel drivin' man

[00:02:04] Says there lies a steel drivin' man Lord Lord

[00:02:06] There lies a steel drivin' man

[00:02:07] Shaker why don't you sing

[00:02:08] I'm throwin' twelve pounds from my hips on down

[00:02:09] Just listen to the cold steel ring

[00:02:10] Just listen to the cold steel ring

[00:02:11] Well the Captain says to John Henry

[00:02:12] I believe this mountains cavin' in

[00:02:14] John Henry said to the Captain

[00:02:14] 'T ain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind

[00:02:18] 'T ain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind

[00:02:21] The man that invented the steamdrill

[00:02:24] Thought he was mighty fine

[00:02:27] John Henry made his fifteen feet

[00:02:28] The steamdrill only made nine

[00:02:29] The steamdrill only made nine

[00:02:32] Well John Henry had a little woman

[00:02:34] And her name was Polly Ann