所属专辑:This Is Your Land Fifty Favourites
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John Henry (约翰·亨利) - Woodie Guthrie/Cisco Houston[00:00:00]
John Henry when he was a baby[00:00:03]
Settin' on his mammy's knee[00:00:08]
Picked up an hammer in his little right hand[00:00:12]
Said hammer be the death of me me me[00:00:15]
Hammer be the death of me[00:00:20]
Hammer be the death of me me me[00:00:24]
Hammer be the death of me[00:00:28]
Some say he's born in Texas[00:00:34]
Some say he's born up in Maine[00:00:38]
I just say he was a Louisiana man[00:00:42]
Leader of a steel driving chain gang[00:00:46]
Leader on a steel driving gang[00:00:50]
Leader of a steel driving chain gang[00:00:54]
Leader on a steel driving gang[00:00:58]
Now the captain said to John Henry[00:01:03]
What did he say[00:01:06]
I'm gonna bring my steam drill around[00:01:07]
Gonna bring my steam drill out on this job[00:01:11]
And I'm gonna whop that steel on down down down[00:01:15]
Whop that steel on down[00:01:19]
I'm gonna whop that steel on down down down[00:01:22]
I'm gonna whop that steel on down[00:01:26]
John Henry said to the captain what he say[00:01:31]
Bring your steam drill around[00:01:36]
You can bring your steam drill out on the job[00:01:39]
I'll beat your steam drill down down down[00:01:42]
Beat your steam drill down[00:01:47]
I'll beat your steam drill down down down[00:01:50]
Beat your steam drill down[00:01:55]
John Henry said to his shaker[00:01:59]
Shaker you had better pray[00:02:03]
If you miss your six feet of steel[00:02:07]
It'll be your buryin' day day day[00:02:11]
It'll be your buryin' day[00:02:15]
Now the shaker said to John Henry[00:02:18]
A man ain't nothing but a man[00:02:22]
I'm throwin' a hundred pound from my hips on down[00:02:25]
Doing all that any man can can can[00:02:30]
Doing all that any man can[00:02:33]
Doing all that any man can can can[00:02:37]
I'm a doing all that any man can[00:02:40]