《John Henry(Live Version)》歌词

[00:00:00] John Henry(Live Version) - Harry Belafonte

[00:00:27] John Henry he could hammer,

[00:00:30] He could whistle, he could sing

[00:00:33] He went to the mountain early in the mornin'

[00:00:36] Just to hear his hammer ring, Lord, Lord

[00:00:39] Just to hear his hammer ring.

[00:00:41] Just to hear his hammer ring, Lord, Lord

[00:00:43] Just to hear his hammer ring.

[00:00:46] When John Henry was a little baby,

[00:00:49] Sittin' on his daddy's knee

[00:00:52] He picked up a hammer, a little piece of steel,

[00:00:55] Said hammer be the death of me, Lord, Lord

[00:00:57] Said hammer be the death of me

[00:01:00] Said hammer be the death of me, Lord, Lord

[00:01:03] Said hammer be the death of me

[00:01:05] When John Henry's fam'ly needed money,

[00:01:08] Said he didn't have but a dime

[00:01:11] If you wait 'til the red sun goes down

[00:01:14] I'll get it from the man in the mine, Lord, Lord

[00:01:17] I'll get it from the man in the mine

[00:01:19] I'll get it from the man in the mine, Lord, Lord

[00:01:22] I'll get it from the man in the mine

[00:01:24] Well John Henry went to the Captain

[00:01:27] Said the captain, what can you do

[00:01:30] I can hoist a jack, I can lay a track

[00:01:32] I can pick and shovel too, Lord, Lord

[00:01:35] I can pick and shovel too

[00:01:38] I can pick and shovel too, Lord, Lord

[00:01:41] I can pick and shovel too

[00:01:43] Well John Henry said to the captain,

[00:01:46] Oh a man ain't nothin' but a man

[00:01:49] 'Fore I'd let your steam drill beat me down,

[00:01:52] I'd die with my hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord Die with my hammer in my hand

[00:01:57] I'd die with my hammer in my hand, Lord, Lord Die with my hammer in my hand

[00:02:02] Well the captain said to John Henry,

[00:02:05] Gonna bring me a steam drill 'round

[00:02:08] Gonna bring me a steam drill out on the job

[00:02:11] Gonna whup that steel on down, Lord, Lord Whup that steel on down

[00:02:16] Gonna whup that steel on down, Lord, Lord Whup that steel on down

[00:02:25] Shaker why don't you sing,

[00:02:27] I'm throwin' twelve pounds from my hips on down,

[00:02:30] Just listen to the cold steel ring, lord lord Just listen to the cold steel ring,

[00:02:35] Just listen to the cold steel ring, lord lord Just listen to the cold steel ring,

[00:02:41] The man that invented the steamdrill,

[00:02:44] Thought he was mighty fine,

[00:02:46] John Henry made his fifteen feet,

[00:02:49] The steamdrill only made nine, lord lord The steamdrill only made nine,

[00:02:54] The steamdrill only made nine, lord lord The steamdrill only made nine,

[00:03:00] Well the Captain says to John Henry

[00:03:03] I believe this mountains cavin' in

[00:03:05] John Henry said to the Captain,

[00:03:08] 'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind, lord lord 'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind,

[00:03:13] 'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind, lord lord 'Tain't nothin' but my hammer suckin' wind,

[00:03:19] Well John Henry said to the captain,

[00:03:21] Looka yonder what I see,

[00:03:25] Hole done choke, drill done broke,

[00:03:27] And you can't drive steel like me, Lord, Lord

[00:03:30] Can't drive steel like me

[00:03:32] Oh no, you can't drive steel like me, no no

[00:03:35] Can't drive steel like me

[00:03:38] Well John Henry drove into the mountain,

[00:03:41] His hammer was strikin' fire

[00:03:43] He drove so hard he broke his poor heart

[00:03:46] And he laid down his hammer and he died, Lord, Lord And he laid down his hammer and he died,

[00:03:52] And he laid down his hammer and he died, Lord, Lord And he laid down his hammer and he died,

[00:03:57] Well John Henry had a little woman,

[00:04:00] And her name was Polly Ann

[00:04:03] She walked down the tract

[00:04:04] There they looked back

[00:04:05] Polly ann drove steel like a man, Lord, Lord polly ann drove steel like a man,

[00:04:11] Polly ann drove steel like a man, Lord, Lord polly ann drove steel like a man,

[00:04:16] Oh they took John Henry to the White House

[00:04:19] And they buried him in the sand

[00:04:22] Every locomotive come roarin' by

[00:04:24] Says there lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord there lies a steel drivin' man,

[00:04:30] Says there lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord there lies a steel drivin' man,

[00:04:35] Says there lies a steel drivin' man, Lord, Lord there lies a steel drivin' man,