John Henry-Odetta

[ti:John Henry] [ar:Odetta] [al:Blind Lemon JeffersonV] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]John Henry (约翰·亨利) - Odetta (欧蒂塔) [00:04.45]John Henry was a little baby [00:08.84] [00:09.88]Sitting on his momma's knee [00:12.52] [00:13.94]Said The Big Bend Tunnel on the C O Road [00:18.66]Is gonna be the death of me [00:21.70]Lord Is gonna [00:23.88]Be the death of me [00:26.23] [00:27.34]When John Henry was a little baby [00:31.68] [00:32.24]Sitting on his poppa's knee [00:35.13] [00:36.63]He took a hammer a little piece of steel [00:40.65]Said Hammer's gonna be the death of me [00:43.59]Lord [00:44.15]Lord [00:45.10]Hammer's gonna be the death of me [00:48.09] [00:48.96]John Henry had a little woman [00:52.73] [00:53.57]Her name was Mary Magdalene [00:56.87] [00:57.76]Every day she would sing for John Henry [01:01.57]Just to hear his hammer when it swing [01:04.98]Lord [01:05.55]Just to hear his hammer when it swing [01:08.88] [01:09.69]And now the captain he says to John Henry [01:13.70]I'm gonna bring that steam drill round [01:17.88]I'm gonna bring that steam [01:20.03]Drill out on the job [01:21.79]I'm gonna whop that steel on down [01:24.74]Lord Lord [01:25.70]I'm gonna whop that steel on down [01:29.18] [01:29.84]John Henry said to his captain [01:33.46]I know a man ain't nothing but a man [01:37.10]But before [01:38.10]I'll let your steam drill beat me down [01:41.40]I'll die with my hammer in my hand [01:43.90]Lord [01:45.04]I'll die with my hammer in my hand [01:48.21]John Henry said to his shaker [01:51.35] [01:51.88]Shaker why don't you sing [01:54.48] [01:55.27]And now i'm throwing forty pounds [01:57.43]From my hip on down [01:58.95]Listen to the cold steel ring [02:01.68]Lawdy [02:02.13]Lawdy [02:02.76]Listen to the cold steel ring [02:05.18] [02:05.74]John Henry said to his captain [02:09.21]Looky yonder what i see [02:12.15] [02:13.05]Steam drill broke your hole done choke [02:16.52]You can't drive steel like me [02:18.75]Lord [02:20.05]You can't drive steel like me [02:22.38] [02:23.07]John Henry a working on the mountain [02:26.33] [02:26.90]Hammer was a striking fire [02:30.07]But he worked so hard it broke his poor heart [02:34.04]He laid down his hammer and he died [02:36.62]Lawdy [02:37.65]He lad down his hammer and he died [02:40.63]Now momma's gonna shoe my pretty little feet [02:44.41]Poppy gonna glove my hand [02:46.90] [02:48.01]Sister gonna kiss my red ruby lips [02:51.57]I don't need no man [02:53.51]Lawdy [02:54.36]Lawdy [02:55.58]My steel driving man [02:58.23]Lawdy [02:58.59]Lawdy [02:59.27]My steel driving man