Seeger Pete - John Henry Lyrics

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John henry was about three days old

Sittin' on his papa's knee.

He picked up a hammer and a little piece of steel;

Said "hammer's gonna be the death of me lord lord.

Hammer's gonna be the death of me."

The captain said to john henry

"gonna bring that steam drill 'round.

Gonna bring that steam drill out on the job.

Gonna whop that steel on down. down

Down.

Whop that steel on down."

John henry told his captain

"a man ain't nothin' but a man

But before i let your steam drill beat me

Down

I'd die with a hammer in my hand. lord

Lord.

I'd dies with a hammer in my hand."

John henry said to his shaker

"shaker why don't you sing?

I'm throwin' thirty pounds from my hips on

Down.

Just listen to that cold steel ring. lord lord.

Listen to that cold steel ring."

The man that invented the stream drill

Thought he was mighty fine

But john henry made fifteen feet;

The steam drill only made nine. lord lord.

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The steam drill only made nine.

John henry hammered in the mountain

His hammer was striking fire.

But he worked so hard he broke his poor

Heart.

He laid down his hammer and he died. lord

Lord.

He laid down his hammer and he died.

John henry had a little woman.

Her name was polly ann.

John henry took sick and went to his bed.

Polly ann drove steel like a man. lord

Lord.

Polly ann drove steel like a man.

John henry had a little baby.

You could hold him in the palm of your

Hand.

The last words i heard that poor boy say

"my daddy was steel-driving man. lord

Lord.

My daddy was a steel-driving."

Well every monday morning

When the bluebirds begin to sing.

You can hear john henry a mile or more.

You can hear john henry's hammer ring.

Lord lord.

You can hear john henry's hammer ring.

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