John Henry - Original-Buster Brown

[ti:John Henry - Original] [ar:Buster Brown] [al:Buster Brown's Doctor Brown] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]John Henry - Original - Buster Brown [00:10.00]Yeah [00:10.55]Johnny told his old Captain [00:12.31]'Man a-when you go downtown [00:15.33] [00:16.18]Bring me back the nine pounds hammer' [00:18.86]I got to drive this steel on down [00:21.07] [00:21.74]I got to drive this steel on down [00:24.09] [00:24.73]You see Johnny's hammer [00:26.27]Hit the mighty boiler [00:27.90]The hammer caught on fire [00:30.15] [00:30.69]Now the last word I heard [00:32.16]The poor boy say [00:33.51]I want a cool drink a-water 'fore I die' [00:36.04] [00:36.65]Yeah a cool drink a-water 'fore I die' [00:39.66]Yeah Johnny's wife [00:41.07]She heard that Johnny was dead [00:42.64]And she couldn't have stayed in bed [00:44.98] [00:45.63]Oh now Monday mornin' [00:47.08]Caught the eastbound train [00:48.51]She said I'm g'wine where my man fell dead [00:50.95] [00:51.60]Yeah I'm goin' where my man fell dead [00:54.24]Look out [00:55.06]Woo-ha Woo-ha Woo [01:01.34] [01:09.55]Woo Woo [01:13.66] [01:15.88](Woo Lord have mercy too) [01:19.09] [01:24.90]Johnny's wife she wore [01:26.20]A brand new dress (say) [01:27.70]And it was trimmed in blue [01:29.68] [01:30.36]Yeah the last were the words [01:31.64]Said to him oh Lord now [01:33.58]'Honey I been good to you' [01:36.36]'Yeah honey I been good to you' [01:38.61] [01:39.39]Well they carried Little John [01:40.90]To the graveyard (boys listen) [01:42.52]They looked at him good and long [01:44.77] [01:45.40]Now the last were the words [01:46.81]If you hear me oh Lord [01:48.39]'Oh my husband he is dead and gone' [01:50.45]That's what she said [01:51.25]She said 'My husband [01:52.37]He is dead and gone' [01:54.34]'Yeah my husband he is dead and gone' [01:56.73] [01:57.30]Yeah when John Henry was a baby [02:00.34]You could hold him in the [02:01.66]Paddles of your hand [02:03.19]When everytime they'd rock him cried [02:06.04](They say 'He sho' gonna be a little man') [02:08.56] [02:09.16]('Yeah he sho' gon' be a little man') [02:11.54] [02:12.18]Yeah who gonna buy yo' pretty shoes then [02:15.44]And who gonna roll yo' cheek [02:17.66]She said My daddy gonna [02:19.35]Buy my pretty lil [02:20.44] [02:21.02]And John Henry gonna roll my cheek