Spike Driver Blues

Spike Driver Blues - Mississippi John Hurt/Preston Young

Written by：John Hurt

Take this hammer and carry it to my captain

Tell him I'm gone tell him I'm gone

Tell him I'm gone

Take this hammer and carry it to my captain

Tell him I'm gone just tell him I'm gone

I'm sure is gone

This is the hammer that killed John Henry

But it won't kill me but it won't kill me

But it won't kill me

This is the hammer that killed John Henry

But it won't kill me but it won't kill me

Ain't gonna kill me

It's a long way from east Colorado

Honey to my home honey to my home

Honey to my home

It's a long way to east Colorado

Honey to my home honey to my home

That where I'm going

John Henry he left his hammer

Layin' side the road layin' side the road

Layin' side the road

John Henry he left his hammer

All over in red all over in red

That's why I'm gone

John Henry is a steel driving boy

But he went down but he went down

But he went down

John Henry was a steel driving boy

But he went down but he went down

That's why I'm gone