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John Henry

Artist:Odetta  Album:Folk Songs And Minstrelsy  Writer:GORDON ODETTA FELIOUS  Composer:GORDON ODETTA FELIOUS 

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John Henry was a little baby, Sittin; on his momma's knee, Said, "The Big Bend Tunnel on the C & O Road Is gonna be the death of me, Lord, Be the death of me." When John Henry was a little baby, Sittin' on his poppa's knee, He took a hammer, a little piece of steel, Said, "Hammer's gonna be the death of me, Lord, Lord Hammer's gonna be the death of me." John Henry had a little woman, Her name was Mary Magdalene. Every day she would sing for John Henry Just to hear his hammer when it swing, Lord, Just to hear his hammer when it swing. And now the captain he says to John Henry, "I'm gonna bring that steam drill round, I'm gonna bring that steam drill out on the job, "I'm gonna whop that steel on down." John Henry said to his captain, "I know a man ain't nothin' but a man, But before I'll let your steam drill beat me down, I'll die with my hammer in my


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