[00:09.02]John Henry was a little baby
[00:14.12]Sitting on his momma's knee
[00:17.87]Said The Big Bend Tunnel on the C O Road
[00:21.93]Is gonna be the death of me
[00:24.68]Lord
[00:26.87]Be the death of me
[00:30.13]When John Henry was a little baby
[00:34.88]Sitting on his poppa's knee
[00:38.89]He took a hammer  a little piece of steel
[00:42.35]Said Hammer's gonna be the death of me
[00:44.96]Lord
[00:45.43]Lord
[00:46.26]Hammer's gonna be the death of me
[00:50.05]John Henry had a little woman
[00:54.51]Her name was Mary Magdalene
[00:58.37]Every day she would sing for John Henry
[01:01.84]Just to hear his hammer when it swing
[01:04.95]Lord
[01:05.41]Just to hear his hammer when it swing
[01:09.41]And now the captain he says to John Henry
[01:13.33]I'm gonna bring that steam drill round
[01:17.21]I'm gonna bring that steam drill out on the job
[01:20.94]I'm gonna whop that steel on down
[01:23.61]Lord lord
[01:24.44]I'm gonna whop that steel on down
[01:28.18]John Henry said to his captain
[01:32.08]I know a man ain't nothing but a man
[01:35.61]But before i'll let your steam drill beat me down
[01:39.76]I'll die with my hammer in my hand
[01:42.48]Lord
[01:42.99]I'll die with my hammer in my hand
[01:46.60]John Henry said to his shaker
[01:50.66]Shaker  why don't you sing
[01:53.81]And now i'm throwing forty pounds
[01:55.90]From my hip on down
[01:57.89]Listen to the cold steel ring
[02:00.26]Lawdy
[02:00.58]Lawdy
[02:01.31]Listen to the cold steel ring
[02:04.55]John Henry said to his captain
[02:08.22]Looky yonder what i see
[02:12.19]Steam drill broke  your hole done choke
[02:15.74]You can't drive steel like me
[02:17.95]Lord
[02:19.19]You can't drive steel like me
[02:22.53]John Henry a working on the mountain
[02:26.43]Hammer was a striking fire
[02:29.64]But he worked so hard it broke his poor heart
[02:33.42]He laid down his hammer and he died
[02:36.05]Lawdy
[02:37.05]He lad down his hammer and he died
[02:40.05]Now momma's gonna shoe my pretty little feet
[02:44.04]Poppy gonna glove my hand
[02:47.45]Sister gonna kiss my red  ruby lips
[02:50.99]I don't need no man
[02:53.24]Lawdy
[02:53.83]Lawdy
[02:54.90]My steel driving man
[02:57.12]Lawdy
[02:57.80]Lawdy
[02:58.41]My steel driving man