John Henry-Odetta & Larry

[ti:John Henry (1954)] [ar:Odetta] [al:Complete Collection: 1954 - 1962] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]John Henry - Odetta & Larry [00:05.25]John Henry was a little baby [00:09.27] [00:10.65]Sittin' on his momma's knee [00:13.01] [00:14.64]Said the Big Bend Tunnel on the C & O Road [00:19.66]Is gonna be the death of me Lord [00:23.61] [00:24.71]Be the death of me [00:26.99] [00:28.04]When John Henry was a little baby [00:32.09] [00:33.04]Sittin' on his poppa's knee [00:35.84] [00:37.38]He took a hammer a little piece of steel [00:41.40]Said hammer's gonna [00:42.47]Be the death of me Lord Lord [00:45.37] [00:45.88]Hammer's gonna be the death of me [00:48.61] [00:49.61]John Henry had a little woman [00:53.38] [00:54.28]Her name was Mary Magdalene [00:57.43] [00:58.45]Every day she would sing for John Henry [01:02.54]Just to hear his hammer when it swing Lord [01:06.53]Just to hear his hammer when it swing [01:09.48] [01:10.38]And now the captain he says to John Henry [01:14.47]I'm gonna bring that steam drill round [01:17.90] [01:18.64]I'm gonna bring that steam drill out on the job [01:22.81]I'm gonna whop that steel on down [01:26.85]I'm gonna whop that steel on down [01:29.73] [01:30.46]John Henry said to his captain [01:34.08]I know a man ain't nothin' but a man [01:37.29] [01:37.82]But before I'll let your steam drill beat me down [01:42.07]I'll die with my hammer in my hand Lord [01:45.01]I'll die with my hammer in my hand [01:48.27] [01:48.87]John Henry said to his shaker [01:51.88] [01:52.78]Shaker why don't you sing [01:55.23] [01:55.99]And now I'm throwin' forty pounds [01:57.97]From my hip on down [01:59.36] [01:59.92]Listen to the cold steel ring Lawdy Lawdy [02:03.40]Listen to the cold steel ring [02:05.80] [02:06.47]John Henry said to his captain [02:09.95]Looky yonder what I see [02:12.78] [02:13.77]Steam drill broke your hole done choke [02:17.28]You can't drive steel like me Lord [02:20.17] [02:20.73]You can't drive steel like me [02:23.90]John Henry a-workin' on the mountain [02:27.13] [02:27.68]Hammer was a-strikin' fire [02:30.25] [02:30.80]But he worked so hard [02:32.83]It broke his poor heart [02:34.71]He laid down his hammer and he died Lawdy [02:38.20]He lad down his hammer and he died [02:40.67] [02:41.32]Now momma's gonna shoe my pretty little feet [02:45.26]Poppy gonna glove my hand [02:47.48] [02:48.68]Sister gonna kiss my red ruby lips [02:52.20]I don't need no man Lawdy Lawdy [02:55.70]Not after my steel-drivin' man Lawdy Lawdy [02:59.78]Not after my steel-drivin' man