text: Well, John Henry was a little baby
  Sitting on his daddys knee
  He picked up a hammer and
  A little piece of steel
  And cried, Hammers going to
  Be death of me, Lord, Lord
  Hammers going to be the death of me
  Now the captain he
  Said to John Henry
  Im going to bring that
  Steam drill around
  Im going to bring that
  Steam drill out on these tracks
  Im going to knock that
  Steel on down, God, God
  Im going to knock that
  Steel on down
  John Henry told his captain
  Lord, a man is nothing but a man
  But before I let that steam drill
  Beat me down
  Im going to die with a hammer
  In my hand, Lord, Lord
  Ill die with a hammer in my hand
  John Henry driving
  On the right side
  That steam drill driving
  On the left
  Says, Before I let your
  Steam drill beat me down
  Im going to hammer
  Myself to death, Lord, Lord
  Ill hammer my fool self to death
  Well captain said to John Henry
  What is that storm I hear?
  John Henry said, That
  Is no storm captain
  Thats just my hammer
  In the air, Lord, Lord
  Thats just my hammer in the air
  John Henry said to his shaker
  Shaker, why dont you sing?
  Because Im swinging thirty pounds
  From my hips on down
  Yeah, listen to my cold steel
  Ring, Lord Lord
  Listen to my cold steel ring
  John Henry he hammered
  In the mountains
  His hammer was striking fire
  But he worked so hard
  It broke his heart
  John Henry laid down his hammer
  And died, Lord, Lord
  John Henry laid down his hammer and died
  Well, now John Henry
  He had him a woman
  By the name of Polly Ann
  She walked out to those tracks
  Picked up John Henrys hammer
  Polly drove steel like a man, Lord, Lord
  Polly drove that steel like a man
  Well every, every Monday morning
  When a blue bird he began to sing
  You could hear John Henry
  From a mile or more
  You could hear John Henrys hammer
  Ring, Lord, Lord
  You can hear John Henrys hammer ring
  You can hear John Henrys hammer
  Ring, Lord, Lord
  You can hear John Henrys hammer ring