John Henry-Harry Belafonte

[ti:John Henry] [ar:Harry Belafonte] [al:At Carnegie Hall] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]John Henry (约翰·亨利) - Harry Belafonte [00:27.83]John Henry he could hammer, [00:30.14] [00:30.76]He could whistle, he could sing [00:32.95] [00:33.63]He went to the mountain early in the mornin' [00:36.19]Just to hear his hammer ring, Lord, Lord [00:39.00]Just to hear his hammer ring. [00:41.30]Just to hear his hammer ring, Lord, Lord [00:43.92]Just to hear his hammer ring. [00:46.61]When John Henry was a little baby, [00:49.86]Sittin' on his daddy's knee [00:51.91] [00:52.66]He picked up a hammer, a little piece of steel, [00:55.04]Said hammer be the death of me, Lord, Lord [00:57.92]Said hammer be the death of me [01:00.23]Said hammer be the death of me, Lord, Lord [01:03.04]Said hammer be the death of me [01:05.66]When John Henry's fam'ly needed money, [01:08.22] [01:08.77]Said he didn't have but a dime [01:11.21]If you wait 'til the red sun goes down [01:13.96]I'll get it from the man in the mine, Lord, Lord [01:17.02]I'll get it from the man in the mine [01:19.31]I'll get it from the man in the mine, Lord, Lord [01:21.99]I'll get it from the man in the mine [01:24.67]Well John Henry went to the Captain [01:27.48]Said the captain, what can you do [01:30.67]I can hoist a jack, I can lay a track [01:32.90]I can pick and shovel too, Lord, Lord [01:35.77]I can pick and shovel too [01:38.20]I can pick and shovel too, Lord, Lord [01:40.95]I can pick and shovel too [01:43.19] [01:43.76]Well John Henry said to the captain, [01:46.50]Oh a man ain't nothin' but a man [01:49.31]'Fore I'd let your steam drill beat me down, [01:51.99] [01:52.69]I'd die with my hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord Die with my hammer in my hand [01:54.63] [01:57.49]I'd die with my hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord Die with my hammer in my hand [02:02.67]Well the captain said to John Henry, [02:05.73]Gonna bring me a steam drill 'round [02:08.41]Gonna bring me a steam drill out on the job [02:11.15]Gonna whup that steel on down, Lord, Lord Whup that steel on down [02:16.63]Gonna whup that steel on down, Lord, Lord Whup that steel on down [02:21.66] [02:25.03]Shaker why don't you sing, [02:27.28]I'm throwin' twelve pounds from my hips on down, [02:30.68]Just listen to the cold steel ring, lord lord Just listen to the cold steel ring, [02:33.05] [02:35.81]Just listen to the cold steel ring, lord lord Just listen to the cold steel ring, [02:40.98]The man that invented the steamdrill, [02:44.23]Thought he was mighty fine, [02:46.79]John Henry made his fifteen feet, [02:49.57]The steamdrill only made nine, lord lord The steamdrill only made nine, [02:54.75]The steamdrill only made nine, lord lord The steamdrill only made nine, [02:59.99]Well the Captain says to John Henry [03:02.99]I believe this mountains cavin' in [03:05.66]John Henry said to the Captain, [03:07.96]'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind, lord lord 'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind, [03:13.87]'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind, lord lord 'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind, [03:19.24]Well John Henry said to the captain, [03:21.92]Looka yonder what I see, [03:25.29]Hole done choke, drill done broke, [03:27.79]And you can't drive steel like me, Lord, Lord [03:30.47]Can't drive steel like me [03:32.84]Oh no, you can't drive steel like me, no no [03:35.84]Can't drive steel like me [03:37.96] [03:38.52]Well John Henry drove into the mountain, [03:41.14]His hammer was strikin' fire [03:43.89]He drove so hard he broke his poor heart [03:46.85]And he laid down his hammer and he died, Lord, Lord And he laid down his hammer and he died, [03:52.31]And he laid down his hammer and he died, Lord, Lord And he laid down his hammer and he died, [03:57.81]Well John Henry had a little woman, [04:00.24]And her name was Polly Ann [04:03.18]She walked down the tract [04:04.61]There they looked back [04:05.49]Polly ann drove steel like a man, Lord, Lord polly ann drove steel like a man, [04:11.52]Polly ann drove steel like a man, Lord, Lord polly ann drove steel like a man, [04:16.20] [04:16.74]Oh they took John Henry to the White House [04:19.30]And they buried him in the sand [04:22.11]Every locomotive come roarin' by [04:24.81]Says there lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord there lies a steel drivin' man, [04:29.92] [04:30.62]Says there lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord there lies a steel drivin' man, [04:33.23] [04:35.67]Says there lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord there lies a steel drivin' man,