John Henry

[00:03.34] John Henry when he was a baby
[00:07.42] Settin' on his mammy's knee
[00:11.17] Picked up an hammer in his little right hand Said
[00:14.71] Hammer be the death of me me me
[00:18.35] Hammer be the death of me!
[00:20.88] Hammer be the death of me me me
[00:21.43] Hammer be the death of me!
[00:21.99] "Well" Some say he's born in Texas
[00:25.75] Some say he's born up in Maine
[00:29.16] I just say he was a Louisiana man
[00:32.72] Leader of a steel-driving chain gang
[00:34.78] Leader on a steel-driving gang
[00:36.28] Leader of a steel-driving chain gang
[00:37.30] Leader on a steel-driving gang
[00:42.01] "Well", the captain said to John Henry
[00:45.60] "I'm gonna bring my steam drill around
[00:49.22] Gonna whup that steel on down down down
[00:52.59] Whup that steel on down!"
[00:53.16] Whup that steel on down down down
[00:56.72] Whup that steel on down!
[00:59.73] John Henry said to the captain (what he say?)
[01:03.35] "You can bring your steam drill around
[01:07.00] Gonna bring my steam drill out on the job
[01:10.41] I'll beat your steam drill down down down
[01:13.75] Beat your steam drill down!"
[01:14.20] I'll beat your steam drill down down down
[01:17.85] Beat your steam drill down!
[01:18.42] John Henry said to his Shaker
[01:22.27] "Shaker you had better pray
[01:25.71] If you miss your six feet of steel
[01:28.63] It'll be your buryin' day day day
[01:32.62] It'll be your buryin' day!
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[01:39.23] Now the Shaker said to John Henry
[01:42.41] Well Man ain't nothing but a man
[01:46.14] But before I'd let that steam drill beat me down
[01:49.78] I'd die with an hammer in my hand hand hand
[01:53.20] I'd die with an hammer in my hand!"
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[02:18.08] I'd die with an hammer in my hand hand hand
[02:29.88] I'd die with an hammer in my hand!
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