[00:00.06]When John Henry was a little baby
[00:23.67]Sitting on his daddy's knee
[00:27.21]Pointed he figured out a little piece of steel
[00:30.45]Steel's gonna be the death of me Lord Lord
[00:31.62]Steel's gonna be the death of me
[00:34.44]Well now steel's gonna be the death of me Lord Lord
[00:35.49]Steel's gonna be the death of me
[00:38.07]John Henry told his captain one day
[00:39.09]A man ain't nothin' but a man
[00:39.72]Before I will let you steam drill beat me down
[00:41.88]Would die with this hammer in my hand Lord Lord'
[00:43.20]Die with this hammer in my hand
[00:43.92]I would die with this hammer in my hand Lord Lord
[00:45.87]Die with this hammer in my hand
[00:47.28]John Henry had a little woman
[00:49.98]Her name was Polly Ann
[00:53.49]John Henry got sick and had to go to bed
[00:57.09]You know Polly she drove steel like a man Lord Lord
[01:01.47]Polly she drove steel like a man
[01:04.59]How she drive John Henry drivin' on the right hand side
[01:07.17]Steam drill drivin' on the left
[01:08.61]Before I will let your steam drill beat me down
[01:09.99]I will drive my poor self to death Lord Lord
[01:12.03]Drive my poor self to death
[01:44.40]John Henry drove steel on the Southern
[01:46.02]He drove steel on the C&O
[01:47.85]He drove steel for that Big Ben Tunnel
[01:49.38]Steel drivin' kill John you know steel drivin' kill John you know
[01:52.23]Well now steel drivin' kill John you know Lord Lord
[01:54.90]Steel drivin' kill John you know
[01:56.07]Some says John Henry was born in Texas
[01:57.15]Some people thinks he was born in Maine
[01:58.35]John Henry was born down in Tennessee
[01:59.85]He was a leader of a steel-driving-gang Lord Lord
[02:00.90]Leader of a steel-driving-gang
[02:01.32]Was a leader of a steel-driving-gang Lord Lord
[02:03.33]Leader of a steel-driving-gang
[02:03.69]Well the captain loved to see John Henry
[02:05.01]One of all loved to hear him sing
[02:07.68]But most of all that the paymaster loved
[02:11.16]He just loved to get John Henry's hammer ring
[02:16.23]He just loved to get John Henry's hammer ring
[02:29.28]He just loved to get John Henry's hammer ring Lord Lord
[02:36.66]Loved to get John Henry's hammer ring
[02:38.49]They carried John Henry on the mountain
[02:41.10]Upon a mountain so high
[02:44.70]Last words I heard that poor boy say
[02:47.34]Give me a cool drink of water 'fore I die
[02:49.20]Give me a cool drink of water 'fore I die
[02:59.79]Give me a cool drink of water 'fore I die
[03:21.18]Well they carried John Henry's body to the White-house
[03:28.08]And they laid it in the sand
[03:28.98]Every time a locomotive follows go rollin' by
[03:30.42]They say yonder lays a steel-drivin' man
[03:41.40]Well now yonder lays a steel-drivin' man
[03:44.13]They say yonder lays a steel-drivin' man
[03:47.04]Yonder lays a steel-drivin' man