所属专辑:BD Music Presents Lead Belly
歌手: Lead Belly
时长: 02:17
john henry was a new-born baby,[00:00:56]
sittin' down on his mama's knee[00:01:00]
say, "that big bend tunnel on that c & o road,[00:01:04]
it's gonna be the death of me, lord, lord[00:01:08]
it's gonna be the death of me.[00:01:12]
it's gonna be the death of me, lord, lord[00:01:15]
it's gonna be the death of me."[00:01:19]
john henry had two women,[00:01:23]
one was named mary magdalene[00:01:27]
he would go out on the job and she would sing,[00:01:31]
"hear john henry's hammer ring, lord, lord,[00:01:35]
hear john henry's hammer ring.[00:01:38]
hear john henry's hammer ring, lord, lord,[00:01:42]
hear john henry's hammer ring."[00:01:45]
john henry had another little woman,[00:01:49]
her name was sweet polly ann[00:01:53]
john henry taken sick, boy,[00:01:56]
and he had to go to bed[00:01:58]
polly ann drove steel just like a man, lord, lord[00:02:01]
polly ann drove steel like a man[00:02:04]
polly ann drove steel just like a man, lord lord[00:02:08]
polly ann drove steel like a man[00:02:11]
"baby, who's gonna shoe your little feet,[00:02:19]
tell me, who's gonna glove your hand?[00:02:23]
tell me, who's gonna kiss your sweet lips now[00:02:26]
tell me, who's gonna be your man, lord, lord[00:02:30]
tell me, who's gonna be your man.[00:02:33]
tell me, who's gonna be your man, lord, lord[00:02:37]
tell me, who's gonna be your man?"[00:02:40]
she told him,[00:02:43]
"my papa's gonna shoe my little feet,[00:02:45]
my mama's gonna glove my hand[00:02:48]
my sister's gonna kiss my sweet little lips, now[00:02:52]
you know i don't need no man, lord, lord[00:02:56]
you know i don't need no man.[00:02:59]
you know i don't need no man, lord, lord[00:03:03]
you know i don't need no man."[00:03:06]
tell him now[00:03:09]
then they taken john henry to the white house[00:03:34]
they buried him in the sand[00:03:38]
and every locomotive come a-rollin' by, sayin',[00:03:42]
"there lies that steel-drivin' man, lord, lord[00:03:45]
there lies that steel-drivin' man.[00:03:49]
there lies that steel-drivin' man, lord, lord[00:03:52]
there lies that steel-drivin' man."[00:03:55]