John Henry-Odetta

[ti:John Henry] [ar:Odetta] [al:Live] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]John Henry (约翰·亨利) - Odetta (欧蒂塔) [00:09.02]John Henry was a little baby [00:12.95] [00:14.12]Sitting on his momma's knee [00:16.62] [00:17.87]Said The Big Bend Tunnel on the C O Road [00:21.93]Is gonna be the death of me [00:24.68]Lord [00:26.04] [00:26.87]Be the death of me [00:29.09] [00:30.13]When John Henry was a little baby [00:34.16] [00:34.88]Sitting on his poppa's knee [00:37.50] [00:38.89]He took a hammer a little piece of steel [00:42.35]Said Hammer's gonna be the death of me [00:44.96]Lord [00:45.43]Lord [00:46.26]Hammer's gonna be the death of me [00:49.13] [00:50.05]John Henry had a little woman [00:54.51]Her name was Mary Magdalene [00:57.36] [00:58.37]Every day she would sing for John Henry [01:01.84]Just to hear his hammer when it swing [01:04.95]Lord [01:05.41]Just to hear his hammer when it swing [01:09.41]And now the captain he says to John Henry [01:13.33]I'm gonna bring that steam drill round [01:17.21]I'm gonna bring that steam drill out on the job [01:20.94]I'm gonna whop that steel on down [01:23.61]Lord lord [01:24.44]I'm gonna whop that steel on down [01:28.18]John Henry said to his captain [01:32.08]I know a man ain't nothing but a man [01:35.61]But before i'll let your steam drill beat me down [01:39.76]I'll die with my hammer in my hand [01:42.48]Lord [01:42.99]I'll die with my hammer in my hand [01:46.60]John Henry said to his shaker [01:50.66]Shaker why don't you sing [01:53.81]And now i'm throwing forty pounds [01:55.90]From my hip on down [01:57.89]Listen to the cold steel ring [02:00.26]Lawdy [02:00.58]Lawdy [02:01.31]Listen to the cold steel ring [02:04.55]John Henry said to his captain [02:08.22]Looky yonder what i see [02:12.19]Steam drill broke your hole done choke [02:15.74]You can't drive steel like me [02:17.95]Lord [02:18.54] [02:19.19]You can't drive steel like me [02:21.76] [02:22.53]John Henry a working on the mountain [02:26.43]Hammer was a striking fire [02:29.64]But he worked so hard it broke his poor heart [02:33.42]He laid down his hammer and he died [02:36.05]Lawdy [02:37.05]He lad down his hammer and he died [02:40.05]Now momma's gonna shoe my pretty little feet [02:44.04]Poppy gonna glove my hand [02:46.85] [02:47.45]Sister gonna kiss my red ruby lips [02:50.99]I don't need no man [02:53.24]Lawdy [02:53.83]Lawdy [02:54.90]My steel driving man [02:57.12]Lawdy [02:57.80]Lawdy [02:58.41]My steel driving man