John Henry (约翰·亨利)-Harry Belafonte

[ti:John Henry] [ar:Harry Belafonte] [al:Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall 1959, Vol. 1] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]John Henry (约翰·亨利) - Harry Belafonte [00:28.46]John Henry he could hammer [00:30.88]He could whistle he could sing [00:32.64] [00:33.50]He went to the mountain early in the mornin' [00:36.51]Just to hear his hammer ring Lord Lord [00:38.82]Just to hear his hammer ring [00:40.51] [00:41.15]Just to hear his hammer ring Lord Lord [00:44.19]Just to hear his hammer ring [00:46.56]When John Henry was a little baby [00:48.51] [00:49.69]Sittin' on his daddy's knee [00:51.65] [00:52.28]He picked up a hammer a little piece of steel [00:55.11]Said hammer be the death of me Lord Lord [00:58.08]Said hammer be the death of me [01:00.11]Said hammer be the death of me Lord Lord [01:03.03]Said hammer be the death of me [01:05.52]When John Henry's fam'ly needed money [01:07.55] [01:08.68]Said he didn't have but a dime [01:11.25]If you wait 'til the red sun goes down [01:14.27]I'll get it from the man in the mine Lord Lord [01:16.99]I'll get it from the man in the mine [01:19.34]I'll get it from the man in the mine Lord Lord [01:22.18]I'll get it from the man in the mine [01:24.81]Well John Henry went to the Captain [01:27.41]Said the captain what can you do [01:29.50] [01:30.41]I can hoist a jack I can lay a track [01:33.03]I can pick and shovel too Lord Lord [01:35.63]I can pick and shovel too [01:38.01]I can pick and shovel too Lord Lord [01:41.22]I can pick and shovel too [01:42.92] [01:43.49]Well John Henry said to the captain [01:45.42] [01:46.35]Oh a man ain't nothin' but a man [01:48.63] [01:49.17]'Fore I'd let your steam drill beat me down [01:51.99]Die I'd with my hammer in my hand Lord Lord [01:54.85]Die with my hammer in my hand [01:57.08]I'd die with my hammer in my hand Lord Lord [01:59.86]Die with my hammer in my hand [02:01.89] [02:02.47]Well the captain said to John Henry [02:04.64] [02:05.33]Gonna bring me a steam drill 'round [02:07.60] [02:08.16]Gonna bring a me steam drill out on the job [02:11.01]Gonna whup that steel on down Lord Lord Whup [02:14.23]That steel on down [02:16.45]Gonna whup that steel on down Lord Lord Whup [02:19.34]That steel on down [02:21.28] [02:23.07]Shaker why don't you sing [02:26.57] [02:27.12]I'm throwin' twelve pounds from my hips on down [02:30.49]Just listen to the cold steel ring lord lord [02:33.24]Just listen to the cold steel ring [02:35.40]Just listen to the cold steel ring lord lord [02:38.86]Just listen to the cold steel ring [02:40.86]The man that invented the steamdrill [02:43.12] [02:43.92]Thought he was mighty fine [02:45.81] [02:46.52]John Henry made his fifteen feet [02:49.62]Steamdrill The only made nine lord lord The [02:52.60]Steamdrill only made nine [02:54.47]The steamdrill only made nine lord lord The [02:57.67]Steamdrill only made nine [03:00.00]Well the Captain says to John Henry [03:02.16] [03:02.72]I believe this mountains cavin' in [03:05.42]John Henry said the to Captain [03:08.23]'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind [03:10.97]Lord lord 'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind [03:13.74]'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind [03:16.25]Lord lord 'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind [03:18.99]Well John Henry said to the captain [03:20.99] [03:21.75]Looka yonder what I see [03:23.85]Hole done choke drill done broke [03:27.86]And you can't drive steel like me Lord Lord [03:30.29]Can't drive steel like me [03:32.67]Oh no you can't drive steel like me no no [03:35.75]Can't drive steel like me [03:38.11]Well John Henry drove into the mountain [03:41.01]His hammer was strikin' fire [03:43.64]He drove so hard he broke his poor heart [03:46.62]And he laid down his hammer and he died [03:48.60]Lord Lord And he laid down his hammer and he died [03:51.94]And he laid down his hammer and he died Lord Lord [03:55.15]And he laid down his hammer and he died [03:57.60]Well John Henry had a little woman [03:59.17]And her name was Polly Ann [04:02.92]She walked down the tract [04:04.60]There they looked back [04:05.87]Polly ann drove steel like a man Lord Lord polly [04:08.80]Ann drove steel like a man [04:11.14]Polly ann drove steel like a man Lord Lord polly [04:14.25]Ann drove steel like a man [04:16.43]Oh they took John Henry to the White House [04:18.79]And they buried him in the sand [04:21.31] [04:21.91]Every locomotive come roarin' by [04:23.49] [04:24.57]Says there lies a steel drivin' man Lord Lord there [04:27.98]Lies a steel drivin' man [04:29.97] [04:30.51]Says there lies a steel drivin' man Lord Lord there [04:33.45]Lies a steel drivin' man [04:35.58]Says there lies a steel drivin' man Lord Lord there [04:38.82]Lies a steel drivin' man