John Henry-Lonnie Donegan

[ti:John Henry] [ar:Lonnie Donegan] [al:Just about as good as it gets] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.35]John Henry - Lonnie Donegan [00:03.74]Well John Henry told his little woman [00:06.74] [00:07.87]Gonna cook my supper soon [00:10.57] [00:11.72]I've got ninety miles of track [00:13.74]I'm going to line [00:15.68]Gonna line them by the light of the moon [00:18.46]Lord lord [00:19.49]Gonna line them by the light of the moon [00:21.97] [00:23.02]John Henry was a steel driver [00:24.96]He was the best in the land [00:26.65]And he'd die with his hammer in his hand [00:28.29]I'll tell you all about him now [00:29.57] [00:30.49]Well John Henry told his captain [00:33.57] [00:34.34]You know a man ain't nothing but a man [00:37.17] [00:38.11]But before I let your steam drill beat me down [00:42.14]Gonna die with my hammer in my hand [00:44.95]Lord lord [00:45.90]Gonna die with my hammer in my hand [00:48.49] [00:49.22]Hi John Henry told to his captain [00:52.41] [00:53.19]But a man ain't nothing but a man [00:55.91] [00:56.69]But before I let your steam drill beat me down [01:00.80]Gonna die with my hammer in my hand [01:03.55]Lord lord [01:04.42]Gonna die with my hammer in my hand [01:07.05] [01:07.87]John Henry had another woman [01:11.73]And the dress that she wore was red [01:14.46] [01:15.35]Oh she studies up the track lord she never looked back [01:19.06]I'm going where John Henry lies dead [01:21.99]Lord lord [01:23.02]Going where John Henry lies dead [01:26.45]John Henry went down to Washington [01:30.28]In the bed them in the sand [01:33.96]And the people from the East and people from the west [01:37.76]Ain't seen such a steel driving man [01:40.41]Yeah lord [01:41.43]Ain't seen such a steel driving man [01:44.72]But if some say he's from England [01:48.52]And some say he's from France [01:52.59]No he's nothing but a Louisiana man [01:56.06]A leader of the steel driving gang [01:58.85]Lord lord [01:59.74]A leader of the steel driving gang [02:03.36]