Key: Db major
Verse 1
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John Henry was a little baby,
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C & O Road
Be the death of me."
Verse 2
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When John Henry was a little baby,
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Sittin' on his poppa's knee,
He took a hammer, a little piece of steel,
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Said, "Hammer's gonna be the death of me, Lord,
Lord
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Hammer's gonna be the death of me."
Verse 3
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had a little woman,
Just to hear his hammer when it swing,
Lord,
Just to hear his hammer when it swing.
Verse 4
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And now the captain
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"I'm gonna bring that steam drill round,
I'm gonna bring that steam drill out on the job,
"I'm gonna whop that steel
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on down."
Verse 5
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"I know a man ain't nothin' but a man,
I'll die with my hammer in my hand,
Lord,
Verse 6
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John Henry said to his shaker, "Shaker, why don't
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And now I'm throwin' forty
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Listen to the cold steel ring, Lawdy, Lawdy,
Verse 7
yonder what I see- -
Steam drill broke, your hole done choke,
You can't drive steel like me, Lord,
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You can't drive
steel like me."
Verse 8
on the mountain,
Hammer was a- strikin' fire,
But he worked so hard it broke
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his poor heart,
He laid down his hammer and he died,
Lawdy,
He lad down his hammer and he died.
Verse 9
my pretty little feet,
Poppy gonna glove my hand,
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I don't need no man, Lawdy, Lawdy,
Not after my steel- drivin' man,
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