John Henry

John Henry - Harry Belafonte (哈里·贝拉方特)

John Henry he could hammer

He could whistle he could sing

He went to the mountain early in the mornin'

Just to hear his hammer ring Lord Lord

Just to hear his hammer ring

Just to hear his hammer ring Lord Lord

Just to hear his hammer ring

When John Henry was a little baby

Sittin' on his daddy's knee

He picked up a hammer a little piece of steel

Said hammer be the death of me Lord Lord

Said hammer be the death of me

Said hammer be the death of me Lord Lord

Said hammer be the death of me

When John Henry's fam'ly needed money

Said he didn't have but a dime

If you wait 'til the red sun goes down

I'll get it from the man in the mine Lord Lord

I'll get it from the man in the mine

I'll get it from the man in the mine Lord Lord

I'll get it from the man in the mine

Well John Henry went to the Captain

Said the captain what can you do

I can hoist a jack I can lay a track

I can pick and shovel too Lord Lord

I can pick and shovel too

I can pick and shovel too Lord Lord

I can pick and shovel too

Well John Henry said to the captain

Oh a man ain't nothin' but a man

'Fore I'd let your steam drill beat me down

Die I'd with my hammer in my hand Lord Lord

Die with my hammer in my hand

I'd die with my hammer in my hand Lord Lord

Die with my hammer in my hand

Well the captain said to John Henry

Gonna bring me a steam drill 'round

Gonna bring a me steam drill out on the job

Gonna whup that steel on down Lord Lord Whup

That steel on down

Gonna whup that steel on down Lord Lord Whup

That steel on down

Shaker why don't you sing

I'm throwin' twelve pounds from my hips on down

Just listen to the cold steel ring lord lord

Just listen to the cold steel ring

Just listen to the cold steel ring lord lord

Just listen to the cold steel ring

The man that invented the steamdrill

Thought he was mighty fine

John Henry made his fifteen feet

Steamdrill The only made nine lord lord The

Steamdrill only made nine

The steamdrill only made nine lord lord The

Steamdrill only made nine

Well the Captain says to John Henry

I believe this mountains cavin' in

John Henry said the to Captain

'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind

Lord lord 'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind

'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind

Lord lord 'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind

Well John Henry said to the captain

Looka yonder what I see

Hole done choke drill done broke

And you can't drive steel like me Lord Lord

Can't drive steel like me

Oh no you can't drive steel like me no no

Can't drive steel like me

Well John Henry drove into the mountain

His hammer was strikin' fire

He drove so hard he broke his poor heart

And he laid down his hammer and he died

Lord Lord And he laid down his hammer and he died

And he laid down his hammer and he died Lord Lord

And he laid down his hammer and he died

Well John Henry had a little woman

And her name was Polly Ann

She walked down the tract

There they looked back

Polly ann drove steel like a man Lord Lord polly

Ann drove steel like a man

Polly ann drove steel like a man Lord Lord polly

Ann drove steel like a man

Oh they took John Henry to the White House

And they buried him in the sand

Every locomotive come roarin' by

Says there lies a steel drivin' man Lord Lord there

Lies a steel drivin' man

Says there lies a steel drivin' man Lord Lord there

Lies a steel drivin' man

Says there lies a steel drivin' man Lord Lord there

Lies a steel drivin' man