《The Legend Of John Henry’s Hammer(Live)》歌词

[00:00:20] John Henry's Papy woke him up one midnight

[00:00:23] He said before the serrif comes i wanna tell you, listen boy,

[00:00:28] Said learn to ball a jack, learn to lay a track,

[00:00:32] Learn to pick and shovel too, and take my hammer

[00:00:36] It'll do anything you tell it to

[00:00:40] John Hery's mammie had about a dozen babies,

[00:00:44] John Henry's papie told tale about a dozen times

[00:00:48] The babies all got sick and when the doctor wanted money,

[00:00:52] He siad i'll pay you quarter at a time, sartin tommorow,

[00:00:56] Thats the pay for a steel driver on this line

[00:01:00] Then the section foreman said hey hammer swinger,

[00:01:04] I see you brought you own hammer boy, but what else can all those muscles do?

[00:01:08] And he said, I can turn a jack, i can lay a track, i can pick a shovel too

[00:01:18] I can i'll do anything oyu hire me to

[00:01:26] Now ain't you something so high and mighty with your muscles,

[00:01:29] Just go ahead pick up that hammer, pick up the hammer

[00:01:34] He said get a rusty spike and swing it down three times,

[00:01:38] I'll pay you a nickel a day for every inch you sink it to,

[00:01:42] Go on and do what you say you can do

[00:01:45] With a steep nose hammer on a four foot switch panel,

[00:01:49] John Henry raised it back till it touched his heels,

[00:01:52] Then the spike went through the cross tie and it split it half in two,

[00:01:58] 35 cents a fay for driven steel,

[00:02:01] (sewat sweat boy, sweat, you owe me two more swings)

[00:02:03] I was born for driven steel

[00:02:10] Well John Henry hammered in the mountain,

[00:02:14] He'd give a grunt and he'd give groan with every swing,

[00:02:18] The women folks for miles around, heard him and come down,

[00:02:22] To watch him make the cold steel ring, lord what a swinger,

[00:02:26] Just listen to that cold steel ring,

[00:02:32] But the bad boss come up laguhing at John Henry,

[00:02:36] Said you full of vinegar now, but you bout through,

[00:02:40] Were gona get a steam drill to do your share of driven,

[00:02:44] Then whats all them muscles gonna do, huh John Henry,

[00:02:48] Gonna take a little bit of vinegar out of you

[00:02:51] John Henry said i feed four little brothers,

[00:02:55] And baby sisters walking on her knees,

[00:03:00] Did the lord say that machines awtta take the place of living,

[00:03:06] And whats a subsitute for bread and beans, i saint seen it,

[00:03:11] Do engines get rewarded for their steam

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

[00:03:22] A man ain't nothin but a man,

[00:03:26] But if you bring that steam drill round,

[00:03:28] I'll beat it fair and honest, i'll die with my hammer in my hand,

[00:03:33] But i'll be laughing, cuz you can't replace a steel driven man

[00:03:38] There was a big crowd of people at the mountain,

[00:03:42] John henry said to the steam drill how is you,

[00:03:45] Pardon me mister steam drill, i suppose you didnt hear me,

[00:03:48] I said how you,

[00:03:50] Well can you turn a jack,

[00:03:52] Can you lay a track

[00:03:54] , can you pick and shovel too,

[00:03:57] Listen this hammer swingers talkin to you

[00:04:01] Shu shu shu shu shu shu shu shu

[00:04:22] 2000 people hollered go John Henry,

[00:04:26] Then somebody hollered the mountains caving in,

[00:04:29] John Henry told the captain,

[00:04:31] Thell the kind fols not to worry,

[00:04:32] That ain't nothin but my hammer suckin wind

[00:04:35] Keeps me breathing, a steel drivers muscle i intend,

[00:04:43] Captain tell the people move back further,

[00:04:46] I'm at the finish line and i ain't no drill,

[00:04:49] She's so far behind you ain't got the brains to quit it,

[00:04:53] When she blows up she'll scatter cross the hills,

[00:04:55] Lord lordy, when she blows up she'll scatter cross the hills

[00:05:02] Well John Henry had a little woman,

[00:05:06] I believe the lady's name was polly ann,

[00:05:10] Yeah that was his good woman,

[00:05:12] John henry threw his hammer over his shoulder and went on home,

[00:05:15] He layed down to rest his weary back

[00:05:17] And early next morining he said come here polly ann come here sugar

[00:05:19] Ya know i believe this is the first time i ever watched the sun come up

[00:05:24] That i couldn't come up

[00:05:29] Take my hammer polly ann and go to that rail road

[00:05:32] Swing that hammer like you seen me do it, and when your swinging with the lead men,

[00:05:36] They'l all know they'll all know your John Henry's woman,

[00:05:38] But tell them thats not all i can do,

[00:05:40] Tell em i can hoist a jack, and i can lay a track, i can pick and shovel too,

[00:05:42] Ain't no machine can, thats been proved to you

[00:05:48] There was a big crowd of moarners at the church house,

[00:05:53] The section hands laid him in the sand,

[00:05:57] Trains go by on the rails john henry laid,

[00:06:01] They slow down and take off their hats, the men do,

[00:06:03] When they come to the palce John Henrys laid, rests on his back,

[00:06:06] Some say mornin steel driver you sure were a hammer swinger,

[00:06:10] Then they go along pickin up speed, clikty clak, clikty clak,

[00:06:14] Down there lies a steel driven man oh lord, down there lies a steel driven man

[00:06:23] Down there lies a steel driven man oh lord, down there lies a steel driven man

[00:06:30] Down there lies a steel driven man oh lord, down there lies a steel driven man