John Henry

John Henry - Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys

Written by：Traditional

John Henry was just a little bitty boy

No bigger than the palm of your hand

His mammy looked down at John Henry and say

Johnny you're gonna be a steal drivin' man lord lord

Johnny you're gonna be a steal drivin' man

John Henry was a hers bore boy

Sittin' on his mommy's knee

When he picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel

This hammer'd gonna be a death of me lord lord

This hammer'd gonna be a death of me

John Henry he said to his captain captain

I wanna hear you sing

I'll swing forty nine pounds from my hips on down

I like to hear that cold steel ring lord lord

I like to hear that cold steel ring

Been happen he said John Henry

Said I think that can I was happening

John Henry just like to his captain and said

And nothing but my hear something ring lord lord

And nothing but my hear suck ring

John Henry had a little woman and

Her name was Polly Ann

John Henry he got sick and he had to go to bed

But Polly drove the steel like a man lord

Lord Polly drove the steel like a man

John Henry drove the steel on that mountain

Till his hammer caught on fire

And the last words we heard John Henry say

Cool drink of water before I die lord

Lord a cool drink of water before I die

Well they took John Henry to the graveyard

Stuck him six feet under the sand

Everytime the freight train that go puffin' by

They say there lies a steel drivin' man

Lord lord yonder lies a steel drivin' man