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John Henry
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Buster Brown
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Yeah!
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Johnny told his old Captain
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'Man, a-when you go downtown
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Bring me back the nine pounds hammer'
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I got to drive this steel on down
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I got to drive this steel on down
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You see, Johnny's hammer
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Hit the mighty boiler
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The hammer caught on fire
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Now, the last word I heard
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The poor boy say
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'I want a cool drink a-water 'fore I die'
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'Yeah, a cool drink a-water 'fore I die'
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Yeah, Johnny's wife
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She heard that Johnny was dead
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And she couldn't have stayed in bed
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Oh, now Monday mornin'
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Caught the eastbound train
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She said, I'm g'wine where my man fell dead
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'Yeah! I'm goin' where my man fell dead'
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('Look out!')
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(harmonica & instrumental)
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Woo-ha! Woo-ha! Woo!
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Woo! Woo!
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(Woo! Lord, have mercy, too)
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(Ease your mind)
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(Yeah!)
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Johnny's wife, she wore
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A brand new dress (say)
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And it was trimmed in blue
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(Pretty thing)
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Yeah, the last were the words
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Said to him, oh Lord, now
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'Honey, I been good to you'
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'Yeah, honey I been good to you'
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Well, they carried Little John
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To the graveyard (boys, listen)
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They looked at him good and long
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Now, the last were the words
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If you hear me, oh Lord
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'Oh my husband, he is dead and gone'
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That's what she said
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She said, 'My husband, he is dead and gone'
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'Yeah, my husband he is dead and gone'
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Yeah, when John Henry was a baby
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You could hold him in the paddles of your hand
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When everytime they'd rock him, cried
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(They say 'He sho' gonna be a little man')
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('Yeah, he sho' gon' be a little man')
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Yeah, who gonna buy yo' pretty shoes then?
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And who gonna roll yo' cheek?
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FADES-
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She said, 'My daddy gonna buy my pretty lil'
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And John Henry gonna roll my cheek
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And John Henry gonna roll my cheek
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(That what it said)
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A-John Henry gonna roll my cheek.
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Legend of John Henry's Hammer~Johnny Cas...
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