John Henry (1954)-Odetta

[ti:John Henry (1954)] [ar:Odetta] [al:Complete Collection: 1954 - 1962] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]John Henry (1954) - Odetta (欧蒂塔) [00:05.23]John Henry was a little baby [00:09.25] [00:10.63]Sittin' on his momma's knee [00:13.00] [00:14.63]Said the Big Bend Tunnel on the C & O Road [00:19.65]Is gonna be the death of me Lord [00:23.60] [00:24.70]Be the death of me [00:26.98] [00:28.03]When John Henry was a little baby [00:32.08] [00:33.03]Sittin' on his poppa's knee [00:35.83] [00:37.37]He took a hammer a little piece of steel [00:41.39]Said hammer's gonna [00:42.46]Be the death of me Lord Lord [00:45.36] [00:45.87]Hammer's gonna be the death of me [00:48.60] [00:49.60]John Henry had a little woman [00:53.37] [00:54.27]Her name was Mary Magdalene [00:57.42] [00:58.44]Every day she would sing for John Henry [01:02.53]Just to hear his hammer when it swing Lord [01:06.52]Just to hear his hammer when it swing [01:09.47] [01:10.37]And now the captain he says to John Henry [01:14.46]I'm gonna bring that steam drill round [01:17.89] [01:18.63]I'm gonna bring that steam drill out on the job [01:22.80]I'm gonna whop that steel on down [01:26.84]I'm gonna whop that steel on down [01:29.71] [01:30.44]John Henry said to his captain [01:34.06]I know a man ain't nothin' but a man [01:37.27] [01:37.80]But before I'll let your steam drill beat me down [01:42.05]I'll die with my hammer in my hand Lord [01:44.99]I'll die with my hammer in my hand [01:48.25] [01:48.85]John Henry said to his shaker [01:51.86] [01:52.76]Shaker why don't you sing [01:55.21] [01:55.97]And now I'm throwin' forty pounds [01:57.95]From my hip on down [01:59.34] [01:59.90]Listen to the cold steel ring Lawdy Lawdy [02:03.38]Listen to the cold steel ring [02:05.78] [02:06.45]John Henry said to his captain [02:09.93]Looky yonder what I see [02:12.76] [02:13.75]Steam drill broke your hole done choke [02:17.26]You can't drive steel like me Lord [02:20.15] [02:20.71]You can't drive steel like me [02:23.88]John Henry a-workin' on the mountain [02:27.11] [02:27.66]Hammer was a-strikin' fire [02:30.23] [02:30.78]But he worked so hard [02:32.81]It broke his poor heart [02:34.69]He laid down his hammer and he died Lawdy [02:38.18]He lad down his hammer and he died [02:40.65] [02:41.30]Now momma's gonna shoe my pretty little feet [02:45.24]Poppy gonna glove my hand [02:47.46] [02:48.66]Sister gonna kiss my red ruby lips [02:52.19]I don't need no man Lawdy Lawdy [02:55.69]Not after my steel-drivin' man Lawdy Lawdy [02:59.77]Not after my steel-drivin' man